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‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’ [174v] (353/498)
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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340
Route IX—Section A— contd.
Miles.
Classification. Inter. Total.
The next stage passes through an unending
series of low waterless hills covered with
small desert brushwood and camel thorn.
This would furnish fuel, and grazing for
camels but for no other animals.
This road surface is good on the whole,
though narrow in places. It is possible
that in winter, when snow is lying,
sufficient water could be obtained from
this source for a small party The soil
being sandy does not hold moisture.
B. 1 6 297 Small water ambar, dry. The road up to
this point is a continuation of the broad
alignment already described.
B. 1 i 297i Road enters hilly country. (Undulating,
r.o steep gradients.)
B. 1 6i 303£ FERASHABAD. Amnieh post.
(i) Camping ground .—Anywhere off the
road—space unlimited in the neigh
bourhood.
(ii) Fuel .—Brushwood available.
(iii) Water and Supplies —Nil.
(iv) Local Transport .—Herds of grazing
camels are occasionally met with.
The next stage is similar in all respects to
the one before.
B.
1
4
1^
o
CO
Water ambar—dry.
B.
1
314
Road leaves hills and crosses open plain.
B.
1
3*
317^
KHAIRABAD. Stream of good water
and gardens. Ruined village.
(i) Camping ground .—East of village—space
unlimited.
(ii) Water .—Sufficient for a brigade.
(iii) Fuel .—Sufficient for a brigade.
(iv) Supplies —Nil—Sheep occasionally ob
tainable.
This site might be rather wet in rainy
weather since the plain tends to drain
towards the village. A drier site could
be found four miles further on near mile
321.
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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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