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‘M.T. Routes in Persia. Volume 1 – Main Routes. 1942’ [237v] (479/498)
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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466
Route XIV—Section E— contd.
(d) Fusl, Fodder and Grazing. —Obtaimble.
(e) P.O.L.—In small quantities at MAHABAD and
MIANDOAB.
DETAILED REPORT.
Miles.
Cassification. Inter. Total.
B. I
B. 1
B. 1
B. I
B. 1
B. 1
B. 1
0
£
1
4£
1
7
1
0
A
U
6
7
14
15
Four cross roads with signpost. Take road
to east, not south
Road to new jetty half left.
Road leaves lake level and climbs for one
mile, drops and then climbs again, pass
ing over shoulder of rocky promontory
of TAK AGACH. Turns south, with
lake on left.
Track to north to ruined village of
DARBARSAR.
Road rises again, descending gradually
after 2 miles to the SULDUZ plain.
( 4 '' map here is not clearly marked). Road
flat, marsh on left.
Small wooden bridge over irrigation
channel. Village of GURDAGIRD
(GIRDAKHID) with ancient minaret and
mosque on right. Another wooden
bridge over irrigation channel half a
mile on.
Three-arch masonry bridge over GEDAR
CHAI—30 yards long and 10 ' above
stream width of roadway 10 '—Will take
up to 6 ton loads. Approaches easy, but
alternative crossing difficult without
much labour. SULDUZ plain stretches
away to west. Alternative road from
HAIDERABAD, marked “Fit for light
M. T”
here.
on
map, appears to joir
( 1 ) Camping ground—On north bank of
CHAI and west of road, sufficient for
division. Vehicles could enter camp
site if passages were made across irri
gation channels.
(ii) Water.—From GEDAR CHAI. Pumps
required.
(Hi) Supplies—Plentiful in neighbourhood,
especially after harvest. Limited
amount of donkey transport available.
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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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