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‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’ [61r] (126/498)
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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113
Route IV—Section B— contd.
Miles.
Classification. Inter. Total
B. 1
B.
B.
B.
B.
B.
(ii) Water—From a spring £ mile west of
Sarai—existence of a well inside the
Sarai reported but not verified. The
supply is perennial. Settling tanks
and pumps required in rainy weather.
(iii) Fuel. —A very little brushwood is
available.
(iv) Fodder. —Nil.
(v) Supplies. —Nil.
(vi) Petrol and oil. —Nil.
(vii) Special sanitary measures. —Nil.
(viii) Collection of supplies. —The area is not
fertile and little could be procured
even after extended search.
27f Winding descent to 2 steep ravines—very
steep and tortuous \ mile in length—2
hairpin bends of radius 32'—average
gradient 1 : 10.
Both bridges destroyed by spates in 1934—
fording possible by construction of ramps
—hillsides apt to crumble if dry and
slide if wet.
B. 1 li 29
2*
31*
33
1£ 34£
l£ 35|
3 38|
Steep descent with 2 hairpin bends of 30'
radius to river in a deep gorge-single
arch stone bridge 15 x long—roadway 12'
broad 15' above water—approaches
difficult no alternative crossing place—
steep ascent of £ miles average gra
dient 1 : 10—road surface very rocky
and 3 hairpin bends of radius 32'.
The country on both sides is very broken
and cut by deep gorges—utterly impos
sible for cavalry or M. T. to move off
the road.
The plateau is reached again.
A two arch concrete and stone bridge—
20 x in length 10' above water—appro
aches difficult.
Another bridge similar to that at mile 33.
Village left 20 huts.
Road ascends gradually to open plain. Tea
house on left.
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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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