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‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’ [145v] (295/498)
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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Route VIII—Section 'Q—contd.
Miles
Classification. Inter. Total.
The road descends an open nullah
bed after leaving HORMUK ; the
surface is rough.
B.
1(B2.)
/
1
39J
Road leaves hills and enters the desert
(LUT). Telegraph line (2 lines)
crosses the road at this point. (Now
coming on to Map 30-B.)
B.
1 (B2.)
1
40i
Dry nullah crossing For the next five
or six miles the road is cut by several
dry water courses and becomes very
rough after the spring rains; it is,
however, always passable for M. T.
B.
1(B2.)
14
54J
ZABUL road branches off to the east-
(Route 88).
B.
1(B2.)
4
584
Camp Site.—Desert—space unlimit
ed. Water, supplies and fuel—nil.
B.
1(B2.)
8i
63|
Dry well and concrete cistern depth-
considerable (over 100 feet).
B.
1(B2.)
9|
734
Camp Site. Desert—space unlimited.
Water, supplies and fuel—nil.
B.
1(B2.)
8
814
Track to ZABUL branches east, fit for
motors in dry season. ^
B.
1(B2.)
2i
83|
Dry nullah crossing. Low hills to the
east of the road.
B.
1(B2.)
U
85
Emergency landing ground might be
prepared with great difficulty. Much
clearing and levelling necessary as
ground is stony and cut by small
nullahs.
B.
1(B2.)
3i
884
Track crosses road at right angles
leading to MUKH-I-SURKH. (30
B/D, 2, Old Map).
B, I(B2.) | MUKH-I-SURKH. Amnieh post.
Two huts—former camp site E.P.C.—
space unlimited—water sufficient for
a battalion in rainy season only from
brackish spring and fit only for
emergency use Supplies—nil. Fuel,
a little brushwood. There is a little'
indifferent grazing round the spring.
The actual site of the camp is 1,000
yards to the west of the road.
MUKH-SURKH can be located for
some distance lying under a steep
detached hill system.
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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.
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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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