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‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’ [141r] (286/498)
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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273
Route VIII—Section A.— contd.
Miles.
inter.
Total.
5
92
Railway hut. Road crosses many small
nullahs between here and BUG, but
country is negotiable by tanks up to
about 150 yards on each side of road.
1'5
93‘5
Nullah crossing.
65
100
BUG (30 G/S. 8520). R. S. 600 yards to
north of road.
1'5
101*5
Broad nullah crossing.
65
108
KHAN MOHAMMED CHAH R. S. (30
G/S. 7831). Well with very small supply
of bad water, probably dry in summer.
3'5
111*5
Nullah crossing.
1*5
113
Road enters hilly and broken country.
4
117
Patch of desert.
•5
117*5 '
Nullah crossing ; liable to wash out badly
Road from here runs along southern slope
of open valley.
1*5
119
Road re-enters hills, turning more west,
and climbs steadily for next 5 miles.
Only “tankable” off road with diffi
culty.
6
125
Top of ascent. Fine view over ZAHIDAN
plateau.
•5
125*5
Beginning of descent on to plateau.
Customs control point (as marked on
map at 30 C/S. 5352—may not now
exist), and railway huts.
1*5
127
Road enters ZAHIDAN plain; crosses
railway and runs parallel to it on the
north.
5
132
Road recrosses railway to south side.
2
134
Two railway sidings crossed. Shortly after,
road recrosses railway to north side and
turns through customs premises (may
not now exist).
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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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