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‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’ [158v] (321/498)
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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308
Route VIII—Section B— contd.
Miles.
Classification. Inter. Total.
B. 1
C. 1
C. 1
C. 1
B. 1
B. 1
B. 1
B. 1
B. 1
B. 1
B. 1
B. 1
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1
2
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1
2
(ii) Water .—From perennial stream—
supply abundant.
(iii) Supplies — Meat on hoof for a battalion
—other supplies nil—Grazing good.
(iv) Fuel. —Obtainable.
530J Road climbs steadily, the gradient gradual
ly increasing.
53U Top of the pass GUDAR-I-KHUMARI
(K. 3833). The road for a mile either
side of the pass is very narrow and con
fined to a ravine. One way traffic for
M.T. would be necessary since there is
no room to pass. Gradient 1/6 to 1/7.
This is the section which becomes block
ed in winter by snow. After the top is
passed the road descends steeply.
531f Steep descent 1/6, several blind corners.
532f Road leaves the mountain system and
descends steadily into an extensive
plain.
533\ Stone culvert.
333i Stone bridge, length 5 yards (capacity
10 ton axles).
534i Stone bridge. length 10 yards (capacity 10
tons).
534| RORAT-I-SANG. Group of three villages
—total 60 houses, perennial stream.
Good sites for possible emergency land
ing ground nearby.
539i HASHMATABAD. Wlage-SO houses-
karez.
540 Culvert.
54C<2 Culvert.
5401 FAKRABAD. VjlIage-50 houses-400
yards west of the road—stone culvert.
The road across the plain is banked and
the surface is good but rather narrow
It seems liable to damage by floods
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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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