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Diagram of the Shatt-el-Arab and Mohammerah showing the differing lines of the Turco-Persian Frontier [261v] (1/1)
The record is made up of 1 map. It was created in 1912. 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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(This is an exact facsimile of the diagram enclosed by Colonel Williams in his despatch of February 4th,
1850. The red line indicates the Mediating Commrs. , proposal, the green one the Turkish claim, which
did not, however, include Mohammerah town or El Hiszah island, and the blue one the Persian claim,
which, according to the journal of the second conference of Mohammerah, should nevertheless have been
drawn in mid-channel while following the Shatt-el-Arab. A. P., April, 1912.)
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Extract facsimile of a diagram enclosed by Colonel Arthur Talbot Wilson in his despatch of 1850 showing the differing opinions on the Turco-Persian Frontier along the Shat-el-Arab [Shatt al Arab] and Mohammerah [Khorramshahr], produced by Alwyn Parker in 1912.
The red line indicated the mediating commissioners of 1850's proposed boundary; the green line denotes the Turkish claim (which at the time did not include Mohammerah town or El Hiszah island; and the blue line denotes the Persian claim (which was drawn incorrectly and should have been placed mid-channel whilst following the Shatt al Arab).
Duplicate of map on folio 257.
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- Top-left: 31° 59' 2.04" N, 47° 41' 7.08" E
Top-right: 31° 59' 2.04" N, 49° 17' 3.12" E
Bottom-left: 29° 53' 33.36" N, 47° 41' 7.08" E
Bottom-right: 29° 53' 33.36" N, 49° 17' 3.12" E - Physical characteristics
Dimensions: 200mm x 330mm
Materials: 1 paper folio
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- Diagram of the Shatt-el-Arab and Mohammerah showing the differing lines of the Turco-Persian Frontier
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- 261v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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