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‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’ [211r] (426/498)
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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413
Route No. XII— concld.
Miles.
Classification. Inter. Total.
A. 1 3 150 Short cut to QAZIAN and SHILAT takes
off to left.
Old road through dunes takes a sweep to
the north and enters QAZIAN at its
northern end.
A. 1 1 151 PAHLEVI—(formerly ENZELI see
Map 3 in pocket at end of book)— the
town of PAHLEVI lies on a spit of
land on the western edge of the lagoon,
the town on the eastern edge being
known as QAZIAN.
Most of the Government offices, including
Customs, are situated at QAZIAN.
The most important Iranian port on the
Caspian. A bridge joins PAHLEVI
to QAZIAN. Headquarters of Deputy
Governor subordinate to the Governor
of G1LAN whose Headquarters are at
RESHT.
A road is under construction from
PAHLEVI to ASTARA (Route 124).
Banks. —National Bank of Iran.
Consulates. —Russian.
(i) Camping ground. —Unlimited space east
of QAZIAN between town and dunes
—entrances and exits easy—sandy soil
—M. T. can park on site—cover from
air, nil.
(ii) Water.— For drinking from wells 1 to
8 X in depth—for animals from irriga
tion ditches.
(iii) Fuel. —Oil fuel unlimited—unlimited
jungle 3 to 4 miles in the direction of
RESHT.
(iv) Fodder. —Good grazing.
(v) Supplies—For a brigade for a week.
(vi) Petrol and oil. —Very large stocks of
Russian petrol.
(vii) Special sanitary measures. Owing to
its position on the coast where a breeze
is usually blowing, it is cooler than
RESHT and mosquitoes are fewer.
(viii) Collection of supplies. —About 20 lorries,
20 carts and 100 donkeys to collect
from the intensely fertile surrounding
area.
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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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