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‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’ [183v] (371/498)
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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358
Rout? IX—Section B— contd.
Miles.
Classification Inter. Total.
B. 1 i 486 Remains of bridge to left; new alignment
stays on right bank.
1 £ 486| Mule track to north to GUDUK pass.
KAMAND village, 20 houses—cultiva
tion.
B. 1 2| 489 Valley broadens to a width of 1 mile with
cultivation on left of road.
B. 1 If 490| Junction of TEHRAN—MESHED and
MAZANDERAN—TEHRAN roads.
(Latest i" Map. No 16 A shows this
junction in FIRUZKUH itself). Just
short of the junction the road must cross
the northern Section of the Trans-
Iranian railway.
B. 1 i 491 Tea shop—garage and
caravanserai
A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers).
of
AMIRIEH with good spring of water
and a grove of trees. This is a much
cleaner spot than FIRUZKUH (which
is dirtv and verminous and over
crowded) and is recommended as a
better halting place despite the greater
importance of the latter.
AMIRIEH is famed for a bitterly cold
wind which blows in winter.
(i) Camping ground. —An extensive grassy
plain south of the caravanserai—suffi
cient for a division—entrances and
exits easv (an alternative t~ack from
AMIRIEH to FIRUZKUH runs
through the area)—cover from air, nil
— M. T. can park.
(ii) Water. —From a spring immediately
north of the caravanserai—plentiful—
surface—perennial.
(iii) Ewe/ —Nil, except for grove of trees in
caravanserai
A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers).
garden—brushwood is
scarce.
(iv) Fodder. —Nil, but grazing good.
(v) Supplies. —Nil.
(vi) Petrol and oil. 100 gallons and 10
gallons respectively.
(vii) Special sanitary measures.—Nil.
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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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