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‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’ [190v] (385/498)
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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372
Route X—Section A— contd.
Miles.
lassificafion Inter. Total
(ii) Water .—From the river—settling tanks
required.
(iii) Fuel .—Plentiful in forest on both
banks.
(iv) Fodder. —Scarce.
(v) Plentiful (1936) owing to
large railway construction parties but
will be scarce when these move on and
place resumes its former small size.
(vi) Petrol and oil .—See remarks re*
supplies.
(vii) Special sanitary measures .—Humid and
malarious belt of the Caspian littoral
may be said to begin at this point.
(viii) Collection of Supplies .—Impractical
except by M. T. from SHAHI.
B. 1
7
42|
ZIRAB—P. O.; T. O.; 200 houses.
C. 1
2k
45
Narrow stretch of 200 x along cliff face of
clay with a sheer drop of 50' on outer
edge.
C. 1
4
49
Another narrow stretch on a red mud
cliff.
B. 1
5
54
Level crossing—two arch stone bridge
over side stream, 14' roadway, 12' above
stream, 30 x long.
B. 1
U
55i
Level crossing.
B. 1
57
SHIRGAH—railway station—railway hos
pital and timber depot.
(i) Camping ground.—Bivouac site for
two battalions on left of road—
entrances and exits easy—M. T. can
park on roadside—cover from air, nil,
on site but dense jungle borders the
road on the right.
(ii) Water. From the river or better from
a side stream, plentiful and good.
(iii) Fuel. —Abundant,
(iv) Fodder. —Scarce.
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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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