‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’ [98r] (200/498)
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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187
Route V—Section B— contd.
Miles.
Classification. Inter. Total.
A. 1 384 Gendarmerie post in a big sarai and
garden.
A. 1 \ 384^ SHULGISTAN—village of 50 houses, blue
dome and sarai.
(i) Camping ground .—Unlimited on either
side—gravel soil—entrances and exits
ea^y—M. T. can park on site—cover
from air, nil.
(ii) Water .—From two qanats opposite
sarai—perennial and abundant,
buckets and ropes necessary—ground
in vicinity reported to be fouled.
No supplies of any sort.
In the next stage the road is dead flat and
uncommanded from either flank The
country is very barren and waterless and
entirely featureless.
A. 1 Ik 385f Qanat crosses road from left to right.
A. 1 5 390f Gendarmerie post.
A. 1 5 395| Gendarmerie post.
A. 1 5 400| Gendarmerie post.
A. 1 5 405| A deep, broad ravine on a spur to the
north of which stands SAMIRUM
(YAZD-I-KHASd )—200 x descent, maxi
mum gradient 1:10—two very sharp
blind corners at the top.
The ravine is not visible till within a few
yards and the corner and descent comes
so suddenly that accidents are frequent
at this spot. The ravine has steep
banks KXK high and is about 450 x wide.
A stream runs through the cultivated
floor of the ravine. The village of
SAMIRUM (YAZD I-KHAST) contains
about 100 houses precariously perched
on an isolated block of conglomerate (of
which the sides of the ravine are also
formed) connected to the main land by
a small and narrow drawbridge. The
stream is crossed by a five arch brick
bridge 30 x in length, 16' roadway, 10'
above water level with a 30 x abutment
at the end of which there is a sarai.
A gendarmerie post is situated at the
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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.
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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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