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‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’ [71v] (147/498)
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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134
Route IV—Section D—contd.
Miles.
Classification. Inter. Total.
B. 1 14jf PIRMASHAN—100 houses—after which
road is again on northern arm of
NIKLABAD plain.
B* 1 3£ 17| JOKAR—400 houses. Unmettalled track
(passable light M. T. in dry weather)
takes off to left for JAMILABAD,
FARSFIJ and KANGAWAR (on main
HAMADAN—KERMANSHAH road).
(Route 8 ).
(i) Camping ground.—^ mile short of
village on right of road—sufficient
for 2 battalions—stony soil—entrances
and exits easy—cover from air, nil—
M. T. can park.
(ii) Water. —Plentiful and perennial from
qanat on left or irrigation channels
near village.
(iii) Fuel. —Scarce.
(iv) Fodder. —Scarce.
(v) Supplies.—Scarce.
(vi) Petrol and oil. —A few tins.
(vii) Special sanitary measures. —Nil.
(viii) Collection of supplies. —From NIKLA-
BAD plain but practically no transport
available for collection.
The road for the next 7 miles runs across
the northern arm of the NIKLABAD
plain. A few villages are passed but
otherwise the plain is featureless.
Qanat on left.
Start ascent of pass. A hairpin bend to
the left radius 26'.
Summit of pass, the GARDANEHZAQA
7,200 , descent very short and very
gradual.
Villages of TASBANDI (200 houses) and
CHASHMEH BAHMAN (50 houses)
(not PAIN as no degree sheet) 2 miles
east and 1 mile west respectively.
ZAMANABAD—(50 houses)—road crosses
stream by a wooden bridge 12 ' long and
6 above water. This bridge is unsound
B. 1 £ 18|
B. 1 7 25!
B. 1 2 27!
B. 1 2 29!
B. 1 31f
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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
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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