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‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’ [227r] (458/498)
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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445
XT)
Route XIV—Section A— contd.
Miles.
Classification. Inter. Total.
B. 1 4 8 | Fort and barracks for one regiment.
Road to Customs houses joins main road.
B. 1
B. 1
B 1
1 9f ZARGATAN—village (20 bouses).
1 lOf Stone bridge over stony nullah—village of
SHINABAD (50 houses) two miles
south.
If 12 Stone bridge over LAWEN river—5 arches
—35* long—16 feet roadway—12 feet
above river— approaches easy. Alter
native crossing by ford ( 1 | feet deep in
August 1933).
Irrigation canal 3 feet broad—3 feet deep
and sides 3 feet high—runs parallel to
river.
B.
1
j
12 h
Start of ascent of KHALDAR GEDIK.
Start of steep ascent.
B.
1
6 |
m
Summit of KHALDAR GEDIK.
B.
1
i
19|
Very sharp hairpin bend —radius 24 feet
on an incline of 1 : 5 for 25 yards.
B.
1
I
20
End of descent of KHALDAR GEDIK.
B.
1
h
20 k
Road crosses CHAM I-JILDIAN (dry in
August 1933).
(i) Camping ground. —On the south side
of the nullah—sufficient for a brigade
—stony soil—entrances and exits easy,
cover from air, nil—M. T. can park.
(ii) Water. —Springs at SAR-I-KANI 1
mile distant—sufficient for two
batta
An extra allowance of pay granted to soldiers involved in special field service or to public servants on special duty.
lions—perennial.
(iii) Fuel—Nil.
(iv) Fodder. —Nil.
(v) Supplies. —Nil.
(vi) Petrol and oil. —Nil.
(vii) Special sanitary measures. —Nil.
(viii) Collection of supplies. No facilities.
(This place has been selected as a
camp site solely on account of the
necessity of splitting up the march
from KHANEH to NAQADEH into
two stages and not on account of
its suitability as a site.)
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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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