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‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’ [172r] (348/498)
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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335
ni
Route IX—Section A— contd.
Miles.
Classification. Inter. Total.
The country opens out into a barren salt
plain sloping gradually to the south.
Through the middle of the plain winds
the ABRESHAM river, quite dry in
summer but liable to flood its banks and
the surrounding country for perhaps 5
or 6 miles in the rains.
The water is brackish and practically
undrinkable. Hundreds of other small
water channels also intersect the plain,
which is entirely composed of salty earth.
No stone is available for road metalling.
The section, liable to flood on either side
of the river for a distance of some miles,
is embanked and protected with dykes.
In spite of these precautions it is normally
closed to M.T. by Hoods in winter and
spring, as late as April, for varying
periods, extending occasionally to a fort
night at a time. Infantry might be able
to cross with difficulty.
The road embankment is made up of
imported stone, but tends to settle into
the soft earth in the wet season. It
would require considerable maintenance.
B. 1 l£ 216| Road enters lut.
1 4 220£ Road liable to flood in wet weather. (In
floods impassable for all arms.)
B. 1 i 2201 Watch tower (deserted).
B. 1 li 222 Road liable to flood (between points 205'6
and 207.1).
B. 1 2£ 224^ Watch tower and water ambar (deserted).
B. 1 31 2281 SADRABAD. Sarai and Amnieh post,
water ambar. Supply of water very
small. From this point to the 219th
mile the road crosses the flat valley of
the ABRESHAM river; this is the section
liable to be closed by floods of a serious
nature. Road is wide and well made
with frequent Irish bridges, metalled
but the surface is rough and in wet
weather very soft in spite of metalling.
B 1 21 2301 PUL-I-ABRESHAM. Brick bridge of
ancient construction, narrow and steeply
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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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