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‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’ [155v] (315/498)
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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302
Route VIII—Section B.— contd.
Miles.
Classification. Inter. Total.
still in a fair state of preservation
(April 1934).
(iii) Supplies .—The GUNABAD district
should^ be able to furnish enough
supplies to maintain a brigade for a
prolonged stay. Petrol.—A. I. O. C.
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
. Normal stock 24,000 gallons.
Section GUNABAD—M IA N A via
AMRANI DESERT (478 miles).
Three stages. This is a difficult
section on account of the waterless
AMRANI DESERT.
The first stage to the village of AMRANI
is easy, the road is broad and good, the
level drops slowly all the way. From
AMRANI village (which is located some
distance off the road and not as shown
on the map) no further reliable water
supply exists till MIANA is reached.
There are salt streams and a few water
ambars on the road but the supply would
not be reliable and they certainly would
dry up in summer. Water for marching
troops would have to be carried for the
intervening stage
After rain the surface of the road across
the desert becomes very soft and cut up.
Arrangements would have to be made
for maintenance if continuous use of the
road by M.T. was contemplated. It has
therefore been classified as B. 3 in wet
weather.
B.
1(B.3)
4331
434
B.
1(B.3)
1
435
B.
KB.3)
1
436
B.
i(B.3)
2^
438|
B.
1(B.3)
2
440|
B.
HB.3)
15
442
B.
1(B.3)
5|
447|
Brick culvert.
Road to TABAS and YEZD branches
off the to south-west. (Route 72).
Extensive gardens and cultivation on
either side of the road. Many villages.
Water ambar.
Road runs along an open valley.
Nullah crossing.
Road enters undulating country.
AMRANI village (23-J/C. 5475). Amnieh
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
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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