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‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’ [197r] (398/498)
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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M. T. ROUTE No. XI.
KARA] to RESHT via CHALUS.
Distance .—220 miles.
Number of stages. —15.
Reference Sheets. —9-M, 8 -P, 8 -L, 8 -K.
Date of compilation .—December 1941.
Authorities. —M.A. Tehran 1935. Intelligence Report 1941,
ROUTE XI—SECTION A.
KARA! to CHALUS.
Distance .—104 miles.
Number of stages. — 8 .
Reference Sheets. —9-M, 8 -P.
GENERAL REPORT.
1. General Description of Route .—This route, knotvn by the
Iranians as the “ Rah-i-Makhsus ” or “ The Special Road ”, was
completed in 1933 by order of the Shah at a cost of over £1
million. He desired a road offering more rapid transit from
TEHRAN to his MAZANDERAN estates than either the
KAZVIN/RESHT (Route XII) or the FIRUZKUH/SHAHI
(Route X) roads. He also wanted a direct route from those
estates to the Iranian plateau to facilitate the export of his
produce.
The result is a road which, in its bold conception and
skilful construction, can have few equals in the world; the
scenery too is magnificent. From a strategic point of view, it is
of increasing importance as an alternative route from TEHRAN
and KAZVIN to the ports on the Caspian Sea.
2. Classification. —B. 1 only, owing to steep gradients and
numerous sharp bends.
3. Surface and Grading .—A soled and metalled road of
average width of 12-14", adequately cambered and ditched. It
appears to have been repaired recently (September 1941) though
there were still portions under repair near CHALUS. All bridges
are strongly built of stone, and masonry revetting has been used
wherever necessary. The gradients over the ELBURZ mountains
though well engineered are steep, and there are many sharp bends.
A tunnel 1^ miles long has been constructed through the apex of
the KANDAVAN Pass. If heavy lorries were to use the road
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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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- 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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