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‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’ [231r] (466/498)
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-SECTION C.
REZAIEH (URUMIEH) to KHOI via SHAHPUR
(OILMAN) (SALMAS).
Distance—95 miles.
Number of stages. —6.
Date of compilation—April 1935. Revised, 1941.
Reference sheets. —1-G, C, F and B.
Authorities.—M. A. Tehran, August, 1934.
Intelligence Reports, 1941.
*
GENERAL REPORT.
1. Classification. B. 1, throughout in all weathers.
2. Sut face and grading. A track of average width of 12 feet
ahgned over hard and semi rocky surface, smoothed and Ikhtlv
shingled. b
3. Character of adjacent country—An open plain on lake
level for the first 25 miles—the remainder of this route is moun
tainous, the road being commanded from one or both flanks and
operations off the road being impossible for any arm but
infantry.
4. Climatic Effects .—The heat in summer is not severe and
troop movements by day are po-sible without undue distress to
marchmg infantry. The winter is severe and temperatures of
?? 7 T^L?y nd K, , J ° L CCUr re « ular 'y The pass north of
GuCHI is blocked by snow for 2 or 3 days at a time, in exception-
ally severe winters. Rainfall is heaviest from December to April
and thunderstorms occur frequently in early summer.
Spates of short duration are experienced after heavy rainful
The countryside drains and dries very quickly and a torrent
6 ' deep may subside to a trickle in a few hours.
5. Exceptional Features. —Nil.
6. Repair Facilities. Gravel is available throughout and
stone in the last f of the distance. There are no steam rollers
L ^Wr S a tV nd r ant . for 5. he first 25 miIes ‘ scarce thereafter except
at KHUI. The Iranian Government employs, at most, a man ner
five miles on maintenance duties.
7. Supply facilities —(i) Camping grounds —Are good and
plentiful though on the REZAIEH plain many otherwise suitable
areas are under crops in the summer and early autumn.
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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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