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‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’ [169r] (342/498)
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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329
Route IX—Section A— contd.
Miles.
Classification. Inter. Total
B. 1
C. 1
C. 1
C. 1
C. 1
C. 1
C. 1
3 110 UNAFABAD (HIMMATABAD). Village
80 houses- -karez—sheep plentiful—fuel
ibrushwood) plentiful.
111 Surface of the road deteriorates, the whole
stage is unmetalled, narrow and irregular.
It crosses an undulating and steadily
rising plain cut with water channels;
further towards SHURAB the road skirts
a low hill system winding through the
foothills. In winter the road becomes
badly cut up. There are signs that new
diyersion is being aligned to improve
this section.
3^ 1142 NASIRABAD. Village 60 houses to south
of road—karez and fuel.
£ 115 Small sarai—stream from karez (small).
4 1154 Small village 200 yards north of road—
karez.
U 1164 QARABAQ (KORBAGH). Village 50
houses—karez. Road is liable to damage
by rain in this section. It is crossed by
many water cuts.
2 118^ SHURAB. Village 90 houses, 270 inhabit
ants. Tel.— Amnieh post—garage with
small stock of petrol. (Should not be
confused with the other SHURAB shown
on the map on the NISHAPUR—
SABZAWAR direct track.)
(i) Camping ground. —Space for a brigade
west of village to south of road—M.T.
park near camp site.
(ii) Water.—Karez, sufficient for a brigade.
(iii) Fuel. —Plentiful.
(iv) Supplies —Wheat 350 kharwars—barley
150 kharwars—fruit available in season
—meat, sheep 200, cattle 80.
C. 1
14
U9|
TAR-I-JIQ (TAPPEH JIK). Village 25
houses north of road—spring and pond
—fuel available.
C. 1
U
121
Small village north of road with garden
and tank—road winding and narrow-
surface moderate.
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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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