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‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’ [‎86v] (177/498)

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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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164
Route V—Section A.— contd.
Miles.
Classification. Inter. Total.
R, 1
B. 1
B. 1
C. 1
B. 1
3 74} KUNAR TAKHTEH-gendarmerie post.
scattered village of 300 houses, Tel O.,
satai, and old rest house on a hill on the
right of the road.
2}
3
1
(i) Camping ground. —Unlimited on the
right of the road; grassy and gravel
surface—entrances and exits easy—
M. T. can park on site—cover from
air, nil,
(ii) Water. —During the winter months
sufficient for a brigade—for animals
from a stream 600 x south of camping
ground, for men from a reservoir in the
village—in summer the supply is very
scarce from a well in the Tel. Office
garden and a small stream by the
roadside.
(iii) Fuel. —Abundant.
(iv) Fodder. —Scarce.
fv) Swpp/ie.s—Sufficient for a brigade.
(vi) Petrol and oil—A few tins (irregular
supply).
(vii) Special sanitary measures. — Nil.
(viii) Collection of supplies. —The KHISHT
plain is fertile and much could be
c°j lect ed—animal transport very limi-
76f JAFAR JIN—small village of hovels—
theKHISHT^pfain. 051 ° n hm - e " d ° £
79f
80}
801
SHAHRUD river.
C ^ RU Vi 0 , hO u VeI ? al i d a g end armerie
post on the left bank of the river which
nere runs in a deep gorge.
Very narrow stretch on a cliff 10'above
the river.
Small ford 8' wide over a side nullah
followed by an ascent of 50 x over a
shouUer and a descent to the river bank
Pm*"; Fhere are two C. 2 stretches of
^UU eacn in the next two miles.

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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).

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1 volume (245 folios)
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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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