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‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’ [198r] (400/498)
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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387
Route XI—Section A— contd.
Miles.
Classification. Inter. Total.
B. 1 2 2
B. 1 | 2|
B. 1 41 7$
B. 1 i 7-1
B. 1 51 13|
B. 1 2£ 16
B. 1 h 16£
B. 1 3 19^
B. 1 2£ 22
B. 1 If 231
Road runs up the right bank of the KARAJ
river, the banks of which are 1 mile away,
and are densely wooded.
Small sarai—valley narrows to a gorge—
road on cliff 30' above river—road
closely commanded.
SARJUB—straggling village 1 mile long.
Much masonry revetment of right bank
in the next two miles.
PURKAN—30 houses amid trees.
Road crosses to left bank by a two arch
stone and concrete bridge 40 x long— 20 '
roadway— 20 ' above water. Breadth of
stream 25 K —depth 4-6' at low water.
Approaches difficult and fording
impossible.
ADARAN—(20 houses).
(i) Camping ground—For 1 battalion in
bivouac—very cramped site—M. T.
must park on roadside—cover from
air, nil.
(ii) Water .—From the river—settling tanks
and pumps required if river in flood.
All supplies very scarce indeed.
VARIAN (40 'houses). Camping ground
for two battalions in bivouac on left.
Road crosses to right bank by a one arch
stone and masonry bridge 40 x long, 20 '
roadway, 15' above stream. Approaches
difficult and fording impossible.
KUSHK BALA village on right bank.
Map 8 -P.
Possible camp site for a battalion on river
bank.
Road shortly after enters narrow gorge
with high cliffs.
Possible camp site for a battalion on river
bank.
PURKHAB (not PULKHWAH) on both
sides, 20 houses and tea houses—camp
site for two companies in bivouac.
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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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