Diagram of the Shatt-el-Arab and Mohammerah showing the differing lines of the Turco-Persian Frontier

IOR/L/PS/10/266, f 257

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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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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).

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1 map
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No scale given
Scale designator
Horizontal
Orientation
North
Degree coordinates
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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English in Latin script
Type
Map

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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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IOR/L/PS/10/266, f 257

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1912 (CE, Gregorian)

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