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‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’ [145r] (294/498)
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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Tr
281
Route VIII—Section R—contd.
Classification.
B. KB.3)
Miles.
Inter. Total.
li 34
B. KB.3) 4i 381
Nullah bed down which the road
runs. Descent fairly steep.
HORMUK (N. 46 1 9). Amnieh pest
an*! camp site of the East Persian
Cordon (space for two battalions)
Tie road leaves the nullah down
wlich it has run for the last 11 miles
or so.
(i) ground .—The building of the
E.P.C. are still in a moderate state
of repair and could be made habi
table. The site is rather restricted
and broken up.
(ii) Water .—4 springs and pond-sufficient
for 2 Battalions.
goats
Other
(iii)
(iv)
Supplies .—A few sheep and
could probably be obtained,
supplies—nil.
Fuel.—Brushwood could be obtained
limited quantities. There are a
in
few trees near the pond.
There is a telegraph line which runs
beside road the from ZAHIDAN
(5 lines).
The next stages are extremely diffi
cult for marching troops, lying en
tirely across the desert (Lui). in
the summer the heat is very severe
and not a drop of water exists until
MUKH-I-SURKH spring is reached
51 miles from HORMUK. Here the
supplv is limited and braclish, and
fit only for emergency use, the first
reasonably plentiful supply being at
S ARID AW A a distance of 73 miles
All water, supplies and fuel would
hpve to be carried for these three
stages.
There is a dry well of considerable
depth obviously sunk by the E. r. U
at miles 36 from HORMUK. It is
possible that if cleaned out water
m4ht be forthcoming ; the supply
would probably be very small.
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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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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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