'Sketch Maps to Shew Railways in Asia Minor'

IOR/L/PS/20/263, f 152

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The record is made up of 1 map. It was created in Jan 1907. 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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A War Office map, dated January 1907. The map shows the following railway lines: British; French; Anglo-Franco-German; the Baghdad Railway System; the Anatolian Railway; Turkish Railways; Egyptian 'State' Railways; and Russian Railways.

The map also marks out the Ordu Territorial Districts [corresponding to the seven Army Corps of the Ottoman Empire]: Constantinople [Istanbul]; Adrianople [Edirne]; Salonica [Thessaloniki]; Erzingan [Erzincan]; Damascus; and Baghdad [Baghdād].

Extent and format
1 map
Area map covers
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Scale
1:7,500,000
Scale designator
Horizontal
Orientation
North
Degree coordinates
Top-left: 43° 0' 16.56" N, 25° 34' 34.32" E
Top-right: 43° 0' 16.56" N, 53° 47' 20.76" E
Bottom-left: 28° 25' 13.44" N, 25° 34' 34.32" E
Bottom-right: 28° 25' 13.44" N, 53° 47' 20.76" E
Physical characteristics

Materials: printed on paper.

Dimensions: 225 x 335mm on a sheet 325 x 440mm.

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.
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Unrestricted

Archive reference
IOR/L/PS/20/263, f 152
Former external reference(s)
TSGS 2246

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Date(s)
Jan 1907 (CE, Gregorian)

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'Sketch Maps to Shew Railways in Asia Minor', British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/20/263, f 152, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100043995551.0x000001> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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