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‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’ [158r] (320/498)
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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307
Route VIII— Section B—contd.
Miles.
Classification. Inter. Total.
B. 1 1
B. 1 H
h
h
B. 1
B. 1 U
B. 1 2
B. 1 1|
B. 1 U
B. 1 £
B. 1 n
Section TURBAT-I-HAIDARI—KAFIR
KALEH (53 miles). Three stages.
Crossing two mountain ranges, the first
of which is of considerable height and
liable to be closed by snow in winter.
It is not really a very serious obstacle
since it can usually be cleared in three
or four days. Water is plentiful through
out, but the roads are difficult for M.T.
in wet or snowy weather on account of
steep gradients and sharp corners.
514 Village—10 houses and garden.
515 Village—30 houses and gardens. The road
climbs steadily.
516 Stream on east of road.
516£ Possible emergency landing ground to west
of road if levelled. Undulating country
—some cultivation.
520 ABBASABAD. Village—15 houses and
garden. Cultivation. Stream from
hills.
521^ Road enters the mountains and climbs up a
steep valley.
523^ Crosses stream. Liable to spate in rains.
Long and steep climb.
Line of trees along stream to west of
road.
5241 Top of Pass. (GUDAR-I-KHARSANG
23 M/K. 4127). The road on either side
is narrow and winding. One gradient of
about 1/7.
526^ Steep gradients up and down along the side
of a mountain valley.
527 KAMI. Village—20 houses—400 yards
north-east of road.
528| Stream crossing. Amnieh post.
ROBAT-I-KAMI.
(i) Camp site .—On west of road above
stream—space for battalion—M.T.
park by side of road near camp site.
Cover from air—this camp is well
hidden in the hills.
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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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