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‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’ [60r] (124/498)
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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Route IV—Section B— coutd.
Miles.
Classification. Inter. Total.
(ii) Water. —From irrigation channels or
from railway tank (capacity 20,000
gallons), unlimited and perennial
supply.
(iii) Fuel. —Both coal and wood available
in large quantities at the railway
dumps.
(iv) Fodder. —Very scarce.
(v) Supplies. —Wheat, vegetables, eggs and
poultry very plentiful. Meat is always
obtainable and owing to the presence
of nomads, abundant.
(vi) Petrol and oil. —Minimum 50,000 and
10,000 gallons respectively in bulk
storage at Anglo-Persian Oil Com
pany’s depot.
(vii) Special sanitary measures. —Nil.
(viii) Collection of supplies. —The country to
the south is exceedingly fertile and the
railway could be used to collect
supplies from areas as far away as
AHWAZ.
B. 1 2|
B. 1
B. 1 I
9
14
15
15i
Sarai right and village of QALEH ALI
(50 houses).
DUKUH Rly. Stn. on left. No facilities.
Level crossing. Railway turns N. E. and
is not met again.
Road now enters foothills. Hills border
ing road from this point onwards are of
red clay liable to crumble when dry and
to form a glutinous compound when
wet.
Level crossing over railway which is not
crossed again in this section and remains
east of the road and never less than
20 miles distant from it. The hills
bordering the road from this point
onward are of red clay liable to crumble
when dry and to form a glutinous com
pound when wet.
Winding descent to 9 arch concrete and
stone bridge over BALA RUD river.
I ength of bridge 250 x width of roadway
15 ' breadth of stream 30'—4' deep (river
in flood) —approaches easy and alter-
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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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- ‘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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