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‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’ [79r] (162/498)
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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SECTION IV-F.
QUM to TEHRAN.
l^iumber of stages .—6.
Distance. —98 miles.
Reference sheets. —9-J.
GENERAL REPORT.
1. Classification. —A. 1. throughout. The road was allowed
to deteriorate after the completion of the Trans-Iranian railway,
but has since been remetalled and the bridges strengthened.
2. Surface and Grading. —A well soled and metalled road
with no severe gradients or bad corners
3. Character of Adjacent Country.— For the first 30 miles
the road skirts the salt desert and salt lake oi QUM, the next
50 miles of road traverses mountainous and barren country and
the last 10 it runs across a fertile plain.
4. Climatic Effects. — Owing to the aridity of the country
great heat is experienced in summer—115° shade temperature
being not uncommon. In winter the cold is intense and in an
average year the road will be blocked by snow for 2 or 3 days.
5. Exceptional Features. —Nil.
6. Repair Facilities. —Road metal is available throughout
this section. Steam rollers are available in TEHRAN. Labour
is scarce. The Iranian Government employs a man per two
miles on road maintenance.
7. Supply facilities. —(i) Camping grounds. —Plentiful and
good.
(ii) Water. —Scarce throughout.
(iii) Supplies.—Available in large quantities at QUM and
TEHRAN and obtainable by collection in the fertile area south
of TEHRAN up to KAHRIZAK and in the neighbourhood of
HASANABAD.
(iv) Fuel and fodder—Scarce except in QUM and
TEHRAN.
(v) Grazing. —Poor.
(vi) Petrol and oil. —Available in TEHRAN in large
quantities—elsewhere a few tins only are procurable.
(vii) Repair facilities. —Workshops and garages exist at
TEHRAN only.
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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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- Title
- ‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’
- Pages
- 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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