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‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’ [140v] (285/498)
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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272
Route VIII—Section A— contd.
Inter.
2
25
9
5
2
6
75
3'5
2
2
1
Miles.
Total.
20 Road passes through undulating country.
Small pass in low hills running N. E., but
passable 4 miles to south.
45 Camp site. Supplies and water nil.
54 WARECHAH R. S. (30 H. Y. 5178). Road
not marked on map, but follows line of
railway.
59 Undulating ground on both flanks.
61 Open plain, very extensive (12 miles)’
Excellent going for tracks.
67 Undulating country.
74’5 JUZZAK (30 G/Y. 2359). Camp site. Three
wells ; water brackish. Note. —There are
two JUZZAKS on Map 30-H, at Y. 1591
and Y 2595, both on the railway, and it
is not clear from the only report avail
able which of the three are intended;
but Map 30-G is the more modern of
the two maps, and therefore probably
more accurate.
78 Extensive plain on north.
80 Road passes over crest of hill and is cut by
many small nullahs, causing damage in
bad weather.
82 Road drops down through pass towards
83 QILA SAFED (30 G/T. 0500). British
Levy Post, about one furlong from
Iranian frontier. Nullah crossing with
hard bottom ; unlikely to delay traffic for
more than two hours after rain. Road
turns west.
83’5 MIRJAWA (30 G/Y. 0399). Military and
Police posts, Iranian Customs office.
Good camp site to south of town. Plenti
ful supply of water, brought by pipe line
from springs in LADIS river to S. W.
A road takes off south to KHWASH
(Route 81). ZAHIDAN road heads
N. W., with railway close on right.
86 Bund on either side of road.
2’5
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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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