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‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’ [203r] (410/498)
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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397
Route XI—Section B— contd.
Miles.
Classification. Inter. Total.
A. 1
A. 1
A. 1
A. 1
A. 1
A. 1
A. 1
A. 1
A. 1
(iii) Fuel. —Abundant.
(iv) Fodder—Scarce only rice straw.
(v) Supplies. —Fairly plentiful.
(vi) Petrol and oil. —1,000 gallons.
(vii) Special sanitary measures. —Nil.
(viii) Collection of supplies .—Communica
tions off the road only fit for pack
transport of which 100 to 150 ponies
are available locally.
3 184 Hamlet of NIM PUSHTEH.
Concrete bridge 40 / long, 15' roadway,
10 ' above stream.
2 186 Hamlet of SHELWAN.
Steel girder and concrete bridge 90' long,
15' roadway, 12' above stream level.
2 188 Two verv sharp blind corners.
Hamlet of DARYASAR.
Small concrete bridge.
1 189 Hamlet of TALISH(VALISEH).
1 190 Beginning of LANGARUD P. O. ; T.O. ;
Tel. O. Population about 5,000—a
considerable market town and a depot
for trade with both the coast and the
plateau. A motorable road takes off
north to CHAMKALEH on the coast.
2 192 End of LANGARUD. Road turns west
again and heads for very conspicuous
promontory (previously heavily wooded
but now cleared and planted with tea)
of KUH ATAKUH.
3| 1951 Beginning of up and down stretch of
hillside.
198 Hamlet of SHEIKH NU R.
2 200 LAHIJAN-P. O., T. O. Tel. O. Popula
tion about 10 , 000 . Centre of the tea
growing area and a flourishing town.
(i) Camping ground.—On the left of the
road at the entrance to the town—a
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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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