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‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’ [191r] (386/498)
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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(W)
373
Route X—Section A.— contd.
Miles.
Classification. Inter. Total.
(v) Supplies. —Scarce.
(vi) Petrol and oil. —A few tins—irregular
supply.
(vii) Special sanitary measures. —Nil.
(viii) Collection of supplies. —Impractical
except by M. T. from SHAHI.
B. 1 1 58 Humpbacked single arch stone bridge over
side stream, 20* long, 10' roadway, 30'
above stream.
B. 1 2 60 Level crossing, road emerges from hills
on to the intensively cultivated coastal
plain and runs between hedges almost,
straight to
B. 1 7 67 SHAHI (ALIABAD)-P. O.; T. O.; Tel
O. About 6.000 inhabitants—one of the
chief towns of MAZANDERAN but not
its capital which is SARI. Garrison
one battalion of Infantry and one troop
of Cavalry found by the Central
Garrison in Tehran. Has developed
rapidly in recent years owing to the
erection of a cotton spinning
factory
An East India Company trading post.
.
(i) Camping ground. —On right of road
between road and railway just before
reaching the town—a grassy stretch
capable of accommodating a brigade—
entrances and exits easy—M. T. can
park on site or on wide road leading
to the station from the “ quadrant ”
(a standard form of embellishment
now to be seen in the centre of every
modern town in Iran) cover from air
nil.
(ii) Water. —From wells on site, or from the
river.
(iii) Fuel. —Abundant.
(iv) Fodder.Scarce —chiefly rice straw.
(v) Supplies. —Sufficient for a brigade for a
week but rice is the staple diet and
wheat is scarce.
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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’
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- 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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- Open Government Licence