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‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’ [149r] (302/498)
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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289
Route VIII—Section B— contd.
Miles.
Classification .
Inter.
Total.
B.
KB.2)
7
238
Nullah Crossing.
B.
KB.2)
241|
Nullah Crossing.
B.
KB.2)
n
243
Water ambar—supply uncertain.
B.
KB.2)
244 £
Nullah Crossing.
B.
KB.2)
1
245|
Road continues over barren plain.
Possible emergency landing ground.
B.
KB.2)
1
2
246
KHUNIK (KANIK). Village-10
houses—spring and pond—sufficient
water for a battalion.
B.
1(B.2)
1
247
SALIMABAD. Village—70 houses—
stream of good water - mill—cultiva
tion— supplies obtainable.
B.
KB.2)
H
248|
Stream.
B.
KB.2)
i
248|
Motorable road to DURUH and
YAZDAN (Routes 74 and 75),
branches east.
B.
HB.2)
|
2491
SARBISHEH (23 P/D. 2, old map).
Village—300 houses—at least 2000
inhabitants—Amnieh and customs post
—T. O.—seat of an Assistant
Governor.
(i) Camp si*e. —Recommended between
mile 247'6 and the village on the
west of the road—space unlimited
but crops would have to be avoided.
M. T. Park near village off road.
(ii) Water. —3 Karezes supply village —
sufficient for a brigade.
(iii) Supplies. —Wheat, barley and fodder
—a limited quantity from the neigh
bourhood—200 kharwars or more—
meat on hoof—300 sheep and goats.
(iv) Petrol. —Not obtainable.
(v) Fuel. —Sufficient for a brigade obtain
able in the vicinity.
(vi) Collection of supplies. —Local trans
port-camels 30—donkeys 30.
Comment. —If this stage is considered too
long, the previous stage could be made
longer in which case v/ater would have
to be carried. A suitable alternative
halting place would then be near
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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
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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