‘Mechanical Transport Chart. Passable normally to M.T. (i.e. up to 3 Ton Trucks in winter and 5 Ton Trucks in summer’
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/7, f 73
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The record is made up of 1 map. It was created in Feb 1930. 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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The map, which bears an additional title: ‘Condition of the Duzdap-Meshed Road February 1930’, indicates the road between Duzdap [Zahedan] and Meshed [Mashad] and its suitability for motor transport (‘M.T.’) The key indicates the condition of the roads on the route: good; normally good, requiring repairs; fair; bad; and very bad condition. Key towns and villages on the road are also marked. Marked in the bottom left corner of the map is the statement: ‘D[rawing].O[ffice].S[imla].I. No. E 6101 8-30.’
- Extent and format
- 1 map
- Area map covers
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- Scale
- Scale approximately 1:3,862,425
- Scale designator
- Horizontal
- Orientation
- North
- Degree coordinates
- Top-left: 36° 37' 48" N, 58° 42' 36" E
Top-right: 36° 37' 48" N, 63° 4' 48" E
Bottom-left: 28° 53' 60" N, 58° 42' 36" E
Bottom-right: 28° 53' 60" N, 63° 4' 48" E - It is part of
- 154 imagesRef: IOR/L/MIL/17/15/7
- Physical characteristics
Dimensions: 302 x 127 mm, on sheet 390 x 205 mm.
Materials: Printed on paper.
- Written in
- English in Latin script
- Type
- Map
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- Original held at
- 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.
- Access conditions
Unrestricted
- Archive reference
- IOR/L/MIL/17/15/7, f 73
- Former external reference(s)
- 6, D.O.S.I. No. E 6101 8-30.
- Date(s)
- Feb 1930 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Motor transportRoads
- People & organisations
- Simla Drawing Office, General Staff, India
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‘Mechanical Transport Chart. Passable normally to M.T. (i.e. up to 3 Ton Trucks in winter and 5 Ton Trucks in summer’, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/MIL/17/15/7, f 73, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100040937272.0x000005> [accessed 3 July 2026]
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- IOR/L/MIL/17/15/7, f 73
- Title
- ‘Mechanical Transport Chart. Passable normally to M.T. (i.e. up to 3 Ton Trucks in winter and 5 Ton Trucks in summer’
- Pages
- 73r:73v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence