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‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’ [167r] (338/498)
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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325
Route IX-Section A—contd.
Miles.
Classification. Inter. Total.
(iv) Supplies— Wheat 200 kharwars—barley
150 kharwars — meat — sheep 100,
cattle 30.
(v) Local Transpot .—Camels 30, don
keys 10.
B. 1
B. 1
B. 1
B. 1
B. 1
B. 1
B. 1
4
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2
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2
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561 SAR-I PUL Amnieh post.
(i) Camping ground. W^est of stream.
Room for a brigade. M. T. park off
road. Cover from air, nil.
(ii) Water .—Perennial stream of good
water.
(iii) Fuel. —Plentiful—trees along stream.
(iv) Grazing .—Good along valley.
( v ) Supplies. —Limited—SAR-I-PUL village
is some distance from road.
58:; Road narrows and winds considerably
through low hills.
60k DIZBAN (DUZBAN). Village 30 houses
on hills 300 yards south of road. Karez.
611
631
65|:
70\
KALATEH
WAZIR
Minister.
. Village 100 houses
—stream and flour mill sarai and. gar
dens—water plentiful—fuel—abundant
—supplies obtainable, flour and fruit
in season— mutton and goats on hoof.
Road descends to the plain of NISHA-
PUR.
Stream (Perennial). The road crosses a
well cultivated plain covered with many
villages surround'd by gardens and
fields. Water is plentiful and the district
fertile.
[ADAMGA. Village 200 houses, 450
inhabitants. Fort on hill 500 yards north
of road. Celebrated Mosque m garden
under the hill. Tea houses. P et j r °l
available in limited quantities. 1 el —
Amnieh post and small military detach-
narntJes 3.—Petrol available.
(i) Camping ground.—Space for a brigade
west of village to north of road. M.T.
park in square in front of Mosque.
(ii) Water. —Karez, sufficient for a brigade'
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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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