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‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’ [179v] (363/498)
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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350
Route IX—Section B— contd.
Classification.
B. 1
B. I
B. 1
B. 1
B. X
Miles.
Inter. Total.
1 395
Road starts to cross a stony waterless
plain on a slight up-gradient. There
are no hills nearer than 7 miles either to
the north or the south.
Map. 16-E
398 The road for the next 10 miles is unmetal
led, but the surface is on hard gravel
with outcrops of rock here and there and
is rough but hard and will not break up
with hard use or bad weather.
400 Road narrows and the depression through
which it runs may be liable to flooding
by spates. 6
407
411
Ruined village of AB KURI 3 miles south
of this spot.
Note.—M. T. cannot proreed to AB KURI village
to get water. If it is decided that the sending
of animal transport with '* pakhals’* to te
rnT^no ,,age musl be ^
AMU VN (10 miles more) made the next halt
making a stage of 23 miles in all. ’
(i) Camping ground.—Unlimited on either
side of the road-gravel soil-cover
from air, nil-entrances and exits easy
—M. T. can park. y
(ii) Water. From a qanat at AB KURI
3 miles south.
(iii) Fuel. —Brushwood plentiful.
(iv) Fodder. Nil—but grazing good.
(v) Supplies .—Nil.
(vi) Petrol and oil—Nil.
(vii) Special sanitary measures .—Nil.
(viii) Collection of supplies.SuppUes must
by M° U T DAM GHAN district
Summit of ascent from GUSHEH —
neight above sea level of 6,000 feet
Decernhe*/ and ^ ^T
will knotn^^ b ‘ OWS here
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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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