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‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’ [144r] (292/498)
The record is made up of 1 volume (245 folios). It was created in 1942. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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Route VIII—Section B— contd.
Miles.
Classification Inter. Total.
B. KB. 3) h i
B. 1(B.3) 1 H
B. KB.3) U 3
B. KB.3) H 4|
B. KB.3) h 5
B. 1(B.3) If 6f
B. 1(B 3) 2-1 9*
B. 1(B.3) 4 13i
(iii) Supplies. —Meat on hoof—suffi
cient for brigade—milk—a small
quantity, wheat — nil. it is
brought from SEISTAN, small
stocks held by shopkeepers.
(iv) Foddei. —Local crops cut for
fodder.
(v) Fuel —Brushwood scarce—would
have to be brought in from the
hills.
(vi) Petrol and oil. —An average stock
of 160,000 gallons of petrol is
held by the A.I O C. Depot to
supply East Iran as far north as
KAIN.
(vii) Collection of supplies. —Local
transport available —camels 200
—donkeys 150
ZAHIDAN town. 8,000 inhabitants.
P.O., T O., Amnieb and military
posts—Railway station 300 v from
Consulate—8 garages. Motor
repair facilities exist. Road
passes through the town in
northwesterly direct on.
There is a landing ground—south
west of the railway station.
Dimensions 1400 x 1100 yards.
Level light sand surface.
Road leaves the town. Winds across
the plain of ZAHIDAN along the
western slope of a low range.
Small spring and shrine.
BAM-KERMAN road forks to west.
(Route VII-D).
Road enters hills.
Beginning of a long climb, gradient not
severe.
Gradient steeper, the road crosses a
col and descends through barren
rocky ground.
Road runs along a narrow valley.
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The volume details motor transport (‘M.T.’) routes in Persia [Iran]. The volume, which is numbered I, covers the main routes in Persia, and was produced by the General Staff, India. It was printed by M Abdul Hameed Khan, Manager of the Feroz Printing Works, Lahore, in 1942. An introduction (folio 3) states that the volume has been updated on the basis of reports received in the wake of the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Persia in August 1941.
The volume comprises details of sixty-five routes, listed on the contents page, between various towns and cities in Persia. Details given for each route include:
- an overview (distance, number of stages, references to maps);
- a general report (classification of route, surface and grading, character of adjacent country, climatic effects, exceptional features, repair and supply facilities, water, fuel, fodder and grazing supplies);
- a detailed report (villages and other landmarks encountered, road classifications, distances).
A handwritten annotation on folio 5 (author unknown) states that ‘distances are somewhat overestimated throughout this report.’ The volume includes a map in a pocket attached to the inside back cover (folio 246).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (245 folios)
- Arrangement
A contents list (f 4) and index (ff 240-245) reference the volume’s original pagination.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 247; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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- Title
- ‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:245r, 247v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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