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‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’ [152r] (308/498)
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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295
(Tsr
Route VIII—Section B— contd.
Miles.
assification. Inter. Total.
B. 1 2| 320
B. 1 k 320^
B. 1 I 321
B. 1 1 322
B. 1 h 3221
B. 1 i 322|
B. 1 £ 323
B. 1 I 3231
B. 1 1 3241
B. 1 If 326|
B. 1 H 3271
B. 1 2| 3301
B. 1 1 3311
(i) Camp site .—On either side of the road,
site restricted; a battalion could
find camping space. M.T. would
have to park at the side of the road.
The site is far from good ; the only
factor is the presence of sufficient
water. The other springs and ponds,
north of the GUDAR SAMAN
SHAH PASS, are all small or loca
ted in impossible halting places.
The NAU KHAN spring and pond
is sufficient for a battalion and
water appears to be plentiful.
(ii) Supplies—Nil. Meat on hoof might
be occasionally obtainable in limited
quantities.
(iii) Fuel. —Brushwood, probably obtain
able in small quantities.
Water ambar.
Small garden and spring. Well nearby.
2 houses.
Steep ascent 1/7.
Ascent continues through undulating
country.
Flat topped pass.
Small garden.
Road descends down a valley.
Deserted huts. Road surface good. P. W.
D. Post.
Road still descending, runs down a nullah
bed to new road. This section might be
badly damaged by spates. (A little
water in the nullah, 1st April). New
road under construction to east of nullah
to be a 4 mile by-pass. 2 miles com
pleted.
Road leaves nullah bed.
Road passes through broken country and
descends to a plain.
Nullah crossing
Continues across plain,
I
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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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