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‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’ [97v] (199/498)
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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186
Route V—Section B— contd.
Miles.
Classification. Inter. Total.
A. 1 12 363| ABADEH— headquarters of a deputy
governor—population about 6,000. P. O.,
T. O., Tel. O. Garrison one battalion of
the Isfahan Regiment. The population
contains many Bahais. There is report
ed to be an alternative road, passable
for cars, from here to SAMIRUM (Mile
405|) via HANNA (not marked on
map).
(i) Camping ground. —On the right of the
road before entering the town un
limited space if not under crops
entrances and exits easy—M. T. can
park on site—cover from air. nil.
(ii) Water. —Plentiful, perennial and good
from irrigation channels on the site.
(iii) Fue/.—Plentiful—charcoal, wood and
brushwood.
j Sufficient for a brigade
(iv) Fodder— ( for a fortnight at all
(v) Supplies— ( times—more after the
] harvest.
(vi) Petrol and oil.—12,000 and 1,000 gallons
respectively. A petrol pump has been
installed.
(vii) Special sanitary measures. —Nil.
(viii) Collection of supplies. —1,000 donkeys
20 carts and 5 lorries available to
collect from the area closely bordering
the road from 10 miles north of
ABADEH to SURMAQ.
In the next stage the road runs for 6 or 7
miles through cultivation and walled
gardens, thereafter there is a gap till
SHULGISTAN is reached. The road
is not commanded from either flank and
the country is featureless and the road
dead level.
A.
1
2
365|
End of ABADEH town—road emerges
from between walls into open country.
A.
1
5!
371
Cultivation ceases, countryside barren
and apparently waterless except for
very occasional qanats.
A.
1
3i
374|
Gendarmerie post.
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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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