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‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’ [170r] (344/498)
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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V
331
Route IX—Section A— contd.
Miles
Classification.
Inter.
Total.
B.
1
2
I44i
ALIAQ. Village 500 yards north of road
—80 houses—spring.
B.
1
If
146f
Top of the pass over a low hill system-
The road is broad and well graded. From
this point the road descends steadily to
the plains of SABZAWAR.
B.
1
1
147|
Amnieh post. Spring (small). Gardens.
B.
1
f
148
Village 40 houses south of road.
B
1
h
148|
Stone bridge over dry nullah—length 50
feet single span—height above nullah bed
9 feet—capacity 10 tons. Stream and
garden.
B.
1
1
1441
Stone culvert.
B.
1
i
149|
Road leaves hills.
B.
1
h
150*
Small garden with karez south of road.
B.
1
2k
152|
Karez.—Large perennial stream.
(i) Camping ground. —To north of load—
space unlimited—parking place for M.
T. by camp site—surface hard and
stony. Cover from air, nil.
(ii) Water. —Sufficient for a brigade.
(iii) Fuel. —Scanty, brushwood.
(iv) Supplies. — Nil.
B.
1
i
153
Water ambar.
B.
1
31
156^
Small water ambar. Village 200 houses,
500 yards south of road.
B.
1
2
158^
Dry nullah crosses road—liable to spates in
heavy rain.
B.
1
2
4
159*
SABZAWAR. Town 20,000 inhabitants,
6,000 houses—Sub-Governor — Amnieh
and Nazmieh posts—small military
detachment—T. O. Tel. O —ll garages.
B.
1
If
161
(i) Camping ground —On the west of town
—space limited on account of cultiva-
tion. M. T. could park in “Massis”
garage yard. (Space for 80 lorries.)
Camp site would require advance recon
naissance since land under cultivation
varies from year to year. The site
mentioned here might not be at a
future date.
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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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