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‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’ [224r] (452/498)
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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439
Route XIII—Section B— contd.
Miles.
Classification. Inter. Total.
(v) Supplies .—Scanty except after harvest.
(vi) Petrol and oil. —Nil.
(vii) Special sanitary measures. —Nil.
iviii) Collection of supplies .—The countryside
is not very fertile and the villages are
scattered.
A. 1
283-1
Start of ascent of SHIBLI PASS.
The road surface in the pass has recently
(1941) been improved, but it is still
narrow and M. F. must proceed with
caution. Junction of YUSUFABAD—
SARAB—ARDEBIL road. (Route 133).
A. 1
286
Wooden bridge (standard pattern).
Hairpin bend radius 24 / . Ascent of
pass continues (average gradient 1 : 12)
with 6 hairpin bends (radius of all
exceeds 3l / ). The outside edge of the
road is not well revetted and particular
care is required at bends.
A. 1
l
286g
Summit of SHIBLI PASS (6429').
A. 1
k
287
Descent is steeper and longer with average
gradient of 1 : 10. Near top hairpin
bends (well revetted) with radii of 25 r ,
26 / , 24' and 26' respectively.
A. 1
1
i88
Wooden bridge (standard pattern), Irish
bridge unpaved over a side nullah (liable
to spate). Ruined village.
A. 1
1
289
Extensive cultivation 1 mile to south.
A. 1
3
292
Village. Brick and stone bridge—3 arches
—total length with approaches 120 x . 20'
above river bed. Width of roadway
12 feet—approaches easy. No alternative
crossing places.
A. 1
2
294
Road is covered with sand to a depth of 6"
and starts to climb immediately after
crossing bridge.
A. 1
2
296
Summit of the pass.
A. 1
1
297
Irish bridge in steep dip—road still soft
and sandy—small stone bridge.
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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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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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