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‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’ [214r] (432/498)
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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419
Route XIII—Section A contd.
Miles.
Classification.
Inter-
Total.
A.
1
34
264
Summit is reached. Low hills (200 feet)
on both sides of the road at a distance
of 30C X .
A.
1
4
26|
Ford—unpaved bottom, water 1 foot broad
4 inches deep (August, 1933). Not lia
ble to spate.
A.
1
4
27
The old mule track 20 yards to north.
A-
1
14
284
Ford—unpaved, water (August, 1933) 1
foot broad 3 inches deep. Not liable to
spate.
A.
1
4
28|
The old mule road 20 yards to the south.
A
1
4
29
4 mile north village of KARABAGHI (20
houses).
Water from two qanats (underground
channels).
A.
1
4
294
Low hills on both sides of and close to road.
A.
1
30|
Two dry nullah beds which will require
clearing of boulders after heavy rain but
will not be an obstacle except in excep-
tional spates.
A. 1 2g 32| Two sharp hairpin bends—radius 24 feet.
A. 1 1 33| Five miles to the south can be seen a
fertile valley (cereals and vine-yards)
stretching for 5 miles roughly parallel
to the road In this area containing
the large villages of PARSAJIN and
ZIA-ABAD 1,000 poplars are available as
timber for bridge repairs.
A. 1 7J 41 QURVEH (30 houses)—P.O., T. O.-road
guard post.
It is reported that coal has been struck in
the vicinity.
(i) Camping ground .—Unlimited space
500 x west cf guard post—Sandy soil—
Exits and entrances, easy—M. T. can
park—Cover from air, nil.
(ii) Water .—From a qanat (underground
channel)—bucket and rope Yield
unknown but plentiful 6 feet below
ground but on surface 300 x further
west—perennial.
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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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