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‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’ [225v] (455/498)
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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M. T. ROUTE No. XIV.
KHANEH (IRAQI-IRANIAN FRONTIER MAP 1 H/G 66)
to JULFA (1 F/S. 01), via HAIDERABAD (1 G/B, 90)
RESAIEH (1 G/B. 65) and KHOI (1 B/W. 57).
Distance —244| miles.
Date of compilation .—December 1941.
Reference sheets. —1-H, 1-G, 1-B, 1-F.
Authorities. —M. A. Tehran 1933, 1934.
Intelligence Reports, 1941.
M. T. ROUTE No. X1V-A.
KHANEH (IRAQI-IRANIAN FRONTIER) to HAIDERABAD
via NAQADEH.
Distance. —52^ miles.
Number of stages. —3.
Reference Sheets. —1-H and G.
Date of compilation. —November, 1933. Revised 1941
Authorities—
Consul, Tabriz, July, 1931.
Military Attache, Tehran, August, 1933.
Intelligence Reports 1941.
the
GENERAL REPORT.
I. General Direction—North East. Neither the
maps are very accurate.
J/M
nor
2. Classification. B. 1. Possibly stretches of C 1
3. Surface and Grading.—The road is roughly metalled
,s passable to heavy M. T in all weathers. Thf surface is fair
and there are no steep gradients, but hairpin bends are freauenr
for several miles. 3-ton lorries can however neeotHrp ; I r 1 equent
of the route without difficulty. ^ w ever negotiate all parts
mountain a^d^S° oliTphTnldlfclf 1 ” 8 StretCheS of
WKler and flatter and the hills more" retded.^r o?
side ; and while the country in the Tran ; • i lraq
scrub oak, that on the Persian sTde sUe of T ' S C ° Ver ? d with
The NAQADEH valley is well watered and cultNated COVer ’
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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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