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‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’ [170v] (345/498)
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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232
Route IX—Section A—contd.
Mile*.
Classification. Inter. Total.
B. 1 3 164
B. 1 1 164|
B. 1 h 1651
B. 1 1 1661
C. 1 21 1681
C. 1 11 169|
C. 1 1 170
C. 1 51 1751
C. 1 4| 1801
C. 1 1 180|
(ii) lifter.—From karezes available for a
brigade.
(iii) Supplies available .—Wheat 10,000 khar-
wars—barley 10,000 kharwars—gram, a
considerable quantity—rice, a consider
able quantity—meat and fodder suffi
cient for a brigade.
(iv) Fuel .—Sulficient for a brigade.
(v) Local transport .—Horses 50—camels
400—donkeys 100.
(vi) Petrol and o?7.—Considerable stocks
(30,000 4-gallon tins reported in Octo
ber 1941.)
Group of villages 300 yards north of road.
MIN \P KHUSHRU GIRD. Ancient
brick tower 100 feet high. Prominent
landmark, karez and stream.
Nullah crossing. Cotton fields.
Road leaves new alignment and winds
across sloping plain. Track narrow and
surface inditferent, gets very cut up by
small nullahs in wet weather. It continues
like this for the next 30 miles. A new
alignment is under construction from
SABZAWAR onwards (details not
available).
Road liable to damage from rain.
New alignment crosses old.
SADAIR village. 150 houses. Stream.
Fuel and limited supplies available.
Small water ambar. Camels appear to be
plentiful in this district. Water and cul
tivation is limited entirely to the imme
diate vicinity of the villages.
RIWAND. Vilage 350 houses, 700
inhabitants—2 garages with small store
of petrol.
(i) Camping ground .—West of village—
Space for a brigade—M. T. park by
side of road near camp site—cover
from ^ir. nil.
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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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