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‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’ [56v] (117/498)
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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104
Route IV-A—contd.
Miles.
Classification. Inter Total.
B. 1 | 98| Dry nullah bed 30 yards wide. Shingle
and dusty bottom.
B. 1 1| 100 Road crosses foot of 100-feet high mound
and
B. 1 l£ 101| descends to cross nullah 5 feet wide and
5 feet deep with running water 1-2 feet
deep. Well built stone bridge 10 feet
wide with low stone walls crosses this
nullah. On near si^e of nullah a track
leads right to village of QAL’EH SAR
BISHEH. On each side of nullah ground
rises to 30 feet. Road descends and
enters a very broad nullah 400 yards
wide. Opposite bank 25-100 feet high.
Nullah bed shingly, crossed by bumpy
track over several dry stream beds.
B.
1
1
102k
Road rises gradually, still crossed by de
pressions and nullahs.
B.
1
1
103
Track branches left to village of SHAH-
ABAD.
B.
1
1
103|
Nullah 25 feet broad and 10 feet deep,
shintly bed.
B.
1
•
h
104!
Nullah 20 feet broad, 20 feet deep, shingly
bed Diversion to north or south
possible.
B.
1
1
105!
Village of SIAH MANSUR on left.
B.
1
Ik
*.06!
Road descends in steps to nullah traversed
by three dry channels. Road surface
continues across shingle bottom-. 300
yards broad. Banks on near side 10—15
feet high ; banks on far side 25—30 feet
high. Diversion to left possible on far
side.
Country becomes more bare, intersected
by numerous nullahs. Many large stones.
Difficult for M. T. except on roau which
still has very good surface. Nullah
30 feet wide, banks built up to 6 feet.
Forms defile, kariz on either side.
B. 1 3| 110! Tomb on left. Broken country, causing
frequent defiles.
B. 1 | 111 Nullah 800 yards wide ; road surface con
tinues over shingle. At 400 yards and
600 yards karizes cross the road. At
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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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- ‘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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