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‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’ [193v] (391/498)
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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378
Route X—Section B-
-contd.
Miles.
Classification. Inter. Total-
B. 1
B. 1
B.
B.
120
125
127
130
The light railway from MAHMUDA-
BAD to AMUL has been dismantled.
Immediately after leaving the village the
road crosses the river by a concrete
bridge 100' long, 15' roadway, 6' above
water level.
AHLAMRUD—small side road to
AHLAM.
IZ-I-DEH—a long straggling village of 300
houses.
Single span girder bridge, 50' long, 15'
roadway, 8' above stream. ,
RUSTAMUD.
SULEHDEH—P. O.; T. O.; Tel. O.—
about 200 houses—a large timber depot.
(i) Camping ground— On sand dunes and
beach—entrances and exits difficult—
M.T. must park on roadside—cover
from air, abundant in forest on left of
road.
(ii) Water .—From a stream on site—peren
nial, plentiful and good.
Map 8—P.
1
2|
132|
Two concrete bridges each 20' long, road
way 15’, 6' above stream.
B.
1
i
4
133
ALAMDEH.
B.
1
3
136
Concrete bridge 40 x long, 15' roadway, 10'
above stream.
Village of ALAM KALA.
B.
1
4
140
Concrete bridge 55' long, 15' roadway, 10’
above stream.
Concrete bridge 35' long, 15' roadway, 6'
above stream.
B.
1
3
143
Village of TAZAHABAD.
Concrete bridge 25' long, 15' roadway, 6'
above stream.
(The bay, one mile from the western end of
which this village is situated, measures
approximately eight miles from east to
west, i.e., across in a straight line joining
its enclosing promontories and l£ miles
deep, i.e., from north to south. The
indentation on the coast line should
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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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