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‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’ [161v] (327/498)
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 C.
MESHED to ASKHABAD via QUCHAN.
Distance. —177 miles.
Reference sheets. —22-P, 22-L, 22-K.
Authorities. —M. A. Tehran, 1937. Routes in Persia, Vol. I.
Intelligence Reports, 1939-41.
GENERAL REPORT.
1. Classificaiion. —B. 1. throughout in all weathers; possibly
A. 1. from the Iranian frontier to ASKHABAD.
2. Alignment and Brief Description. —The route is best
considered in three stages.—
(a) MESHED to QUCHAN (22 K/Y. 5000), 97 miles.
Maps 22-P, L, K.
As far as CHINARAN (22 P/E. 1158) the motor road
follows the cart road as shown on the map. The roadway is some
22' wide with lateral ditches; but the surface is very cut up, and
in olaces is covered with inches of dust. Apart from culverts the
onlv bridges crossed are a stone bridge at Mile 3, a wooden one
at Mile 37, and two small stone bridges at Miles 38 and 42.
Two miles west of CHINARAN the route leaves the road
marked on Map 22-P and runs west to the edge of the map at
about E. 0257, continuing on the edge of Map 22-L (where
“ Meshed 42 miles ” is printed). This track is the present motor
road for about 30 miles to a point some 3 miles west of KAR-
ACHAH(22L/C. 1. Old map). The road is without bridges
and culverts, and undulates all the time into and out of nullahs.
The surface is very corrugated, but as the surrounding earth is
gravelly, there is a sort of natural metalling in the road. Heavy
rain would score the surface of the road in the nullahs, but else
where would not affect it.
From three miles west of KARACHAH the road runs
slightly to the east of the track marked on the map, to a point
where the track on Map 22-K from QUCHAN reaches the edge of
that map at D. 5287. It then follows the line of this track into
QUCHAN. ^
Map 22 ( -K QUCHAN t0 BA J GIRAN (22 K/Y. 3356), 50 miles.
For the first 5 miles after crossing the ATREK river (where
a new bridge is being built), the road runs northwards, graduallv
ascending over undulating ground towards the hills. Here the
surface is good and the width of the roadway some 30', with
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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.
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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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