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‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’ [208v] (421/498)
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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408
Route No. XII coutd.
Miles.
Classification. Inter- Total
B. I 3 83
B. 1 2 85
B. 1 1 86
B. 1 1 87
B. 1 1 88
For the next 3 miles the road is undulating,
narrow and tortuous with several blind
corners on the rocky hillside above the
river which still runs in a deep goige
100 x -400 x wide.
Gorge ends—valley | mile wide.
Another gorge 400 x in length, after which
the valley opens out to over a mile in
width and the road leaves the ri\Li and
bends to the north to cross the lower
slopes of the rounded hills, like downs,
which form the western side of the
valley.
Old culvert of sunbaked brick and stone
over a nullah only 6' wide but 12' deep
—an awkward spot if the culvert were
destroyed. bOO* ascent, average gradient
1 : 15 with three hairpin bends.
Summit.
Descent by easy sweeping curves—gradi
ent nowhere more than 1 : 25.
RUSTAM ABAD—a single street of 30 or
40 shops— small ford 10' wide, 6" deep—
not liable to spate.
(i) Camping ground—An excellent site
between the village and the river—
sufficient for a division—grassy—
entrances and exits easy—M. T. can
park on site—cover from air, nil.
(ii) Waier.—Perennial, plentiful and good
from the stream flowing across the
road 50 x beyond the village.
(iii) Fwe/.—Scarce on site, but there is much
brushwood and low scrub on the
hillsides.
(iv) Fodder. —Scarce.
(v) Supplies. —Scarce.
(vi) Petrol and oil—A few tins.
(vh) Special sanitary measures—Nil.
(viii) Collection of supplies.—Impractical.
RUDEAR is the nearest centre.
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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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