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‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’ [74v] (153/498)
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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140
Route IV—Section E— contd.
Miles.
Classification. Inter. Total
B. 1 i 307
B. 1 If 308|
B. 1 2h 311i
B. 1 l 311f
A. 2 2 313|
A. 2 2 315|
A. 2 317
A. 2 3 320
A. 2 2£ 322|
A. 2 2£ 325
A. 2 li 326i
A. 2 1| 328
A. 2 i 328h
Single arch stone bridge 15 yds. long 8'
above water.
PARMI—(50 houses).
QILA NAU—(20 houses).
A weak wood and stone 6' long bridge
over a small stream liable to spate.
Irish bridge 6' wide 1' deep—village 50
houses 1 mile left.
Village right 20 houses.
Scattered huts and ruined gendarmerie
post on hill to left.
Village i mile right 30 houses.
Summit of plateau—road starts to descend
towards a gorge visible 2 miles ahead—
cultivation and villages visible from 1-2
miles to right.
Road enters gorge i miles wide—hills
300' high—those on right precipitous—
KUH-I-FARZIEH.
Paved Irish bridge 12' wide 6' deep with
dangerous drop on outer side—this
ford is dangerous when in spate
owing to boulders, strong current and
red mud.
Road leaves defile—cultivation on both
sides.
TULEH—150 houses—gendarmarie post—
P. O., T. a, Tel.
(i) Camping ground—On right of village
between village and stream—entrances
and exits either 100' before reaching
or 100 x after leaving village—M. T.
can park in village street in open space
—cover from air, nil.
(ii) Water. —Abundant and perennial
supply from stream.
(iii) Fuel. —Scarce but there are some
orchards.
(iv) Fodder. —Scarce.
(v) Supplies. —Scarce.
(vi) Petrol and oil. —A few tins.
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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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