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‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’ [159r] (322/498)
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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Route VIII—Section B— contd.
Miles.
assification. Inter. Total.
B. 1 2 425| Stone bridge—10 yards long across dry
nullah (capacity 10 ton axles).
B. 1 1 543| Brick bridge-5 yards long (capacity 10
ton axles).
B. 1 1 5441 Karez—road surface good—track wider.
b' 1 H 546 ASADABAD. (23 M/K. 5149).
(i) Camp site—Space unlimited. M. T. park
by camp site.
(ii) Water .—Karez supply sufficient for a
brigade.
(iii) Supplies. - Wheat 10 kharwars—meat on
hoof, plentiful.
(iv) Fuel.—Sufficient for a brigade.
B. 1 1 5461 ASADABAD. Village-100 houses—400
inhabitants. Amnieh post—1 garage-
limited stock of petrol held.
B. 1 21 548£ Karez and stream lined with trees runs
parallel to west of road. Steady climb
towards the hills o the north.
B. 1 | 549 Road enters hills. The ascent steadily
becomes steeper, the last half mile to the
top of the pass being the steepest gra
dient on the ZAHIDAN-MESHED
road. Slope 1/8 or even more.
B 1 34 5521 Ton of pass GUDAR-I-MOHAMMED
MIRZA, road narrow and winding, steep
descent down a rocky valley.
B. 1 1 553 Small sarai.
B. 1 | 5531 Ruined watch tower. Small stream on
site of road.
B 1 2| 5561 Road enters narrow gorge flanked with
cliffs. A stream passes through the same
defile and might close the road in flood
time.
B. 1 1 557 Road leaves gorge.
g ^ ^ 557.1 Ruined fort Perennial stream crosses
road.
105 558.3 ROB AT-I-S AFID Small village—Sarai.
2 garages—Perennial stream. Road
ascends to another pass. Lower than
GUDAR-I-MOHAMMAD MIRZA,
gradients not severe.
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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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