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‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’ [147v] (299/498)
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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286
Route VIII—Section B— contd.
Miles,
Classification Inter. Total.
stage instead of SHUSP below).
Garden karez, the property of
Shaukat-ul Mulk. Garage—petrol
obtainable from A. I. O. C.
agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
.
4,800 gallons of petrol normally
stocked. The road now diverts past
this garden. Camping space un
limited. Water very good—400
gallons per minute. Extensive fruit
gardens.
B. 1(B.2) 6\ 190| SHUSP. Group of three villages—
total of about 100 houses—inhabit
ants 400. (30 A/B. 7546).
Amnieh post—T. O. 2—garages—
petrol normally obtainable but can
be bought at QAIMABAD 6 miles
south.
(i) Camp site.—Near that of the ruined
E. P. C. lines—space rather restrict
ed room for a battalion—more
troops could camp on other adjacent
sites—ground is cut by nullahs—M.
T. could park off the road to the
north of the village.
(ii) Water. —Possibly sufficient for a
brigade—Karez and stream.
(iii) Supplies.—Wheat 50 kharwars—meat
—plentiful on hoof—fruit—in season
milk obtainable in small quantities.
(iv) Collection of supplies—Cocal transport
—camels 50—donkeys 20.
(There is a small rest house maintained
at SHUSP by the Britislr Consul
General for Khorasan and Kain.)
SHUSP to SARBISHEH 60 miles.
This section is divided into three
marching stages. The road for the
first stage steadily descends across
innumerable w T ater cuts to a sandy
desert basin occupied by a large salt
lake. The country is stony or sandy
and barren. The road surface is
good though rather narrow. The
only halting place is the E.P.C,
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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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- ‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’
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- 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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- Open Government Licence