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‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’ [192r] (388/498)
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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ROUTE X—SECTION B.
SHAHI to CHALUS.
\ y
Distance .—102 miles.
Number of Stages—7.
Reference Sheets. —15-D, 8-P.
CtENERAL REPORT-See SECTION A.
Map 15—D.
Miles.
Classification Inter. Total-
B. 1 0
B. 1 5|
B. 1 3
B. 1 1|
B. 1 6
67 Leave the “ quadrant ” by the western
exit. The road traverses flat country,
intensely cultivated with rice and runs
between hedges.
72| Small village.
75f Single span lattice girder bridge, 45' long,
12' roadway, 15' above stream which is
30' wide and fordable (called in the
Iranian Route Book the TALAR bridge).
77 Metalled road takes off to right to
KIA
A deputy or lieutenant of the governor in Ottoman Iraq, with additional responsibilities as a high-ranking provincial judge.
KALA (sign post gives distance as 3
kilometres).
83 BABUL (BARFARUSH) P. O.; T. O.;
Tel. Bank, National Bank. Population
about 30,000.
Road junction for Route 104 BABUL
—MAHMUDABAD via AMUL.
(i) Camping ground. — (a) On right of the
road just before entering town—suffi
cient for two battalions—grassy sur
face—entrances and exits easy—M. T.
can park on site—cover from air, nil or
{b) at xAMIR KALA 4 miles north on the
MESHED-I-SAR road where there is a
level meadow of turf about a square
mile in extent.
(ii) Water. — (a) From wells between the
site and the town, (b) From the river
—pumps and settling tanks required.
(iii) FueL—Unlimited charcoal and timber
and brushwood.
(iv) Fodder.—Rice straw only.
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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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