Map No 2: Map showing the region around Nusratabad
IOR/L/PS/20/33, f 61
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The record is made up of 1 map. It was created in 1898. 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 shows the region around Nusratabad [Zābol, Iran], along the border between Persi [Iran] and Afghanistan. It shows settlements, and highlights mountainous regions and marshland. The border is highlighted in red and blue.
Red serial numbers correspond with lists of villages, which can be found on folios 43v-45r of the accompanying report.
The scale is approximately 1 inch to 8 miles. It is signed ‘G. W. Brazier-Creagh, Surgeon Major, A. M. S., In charge Seistan Mission’. It bears a stamp which reads ‘Intelligence Division. 14 Dec 1898’.
The map was surveyed by Asghar Ali Beg, KB, Survey of India. It bears the printing statements ‘Reg. No. 169, Print., I.–Aug.98.–123.’, ‘Litho., S.I.O., Calcutta.’, and ‘Topo. No. 2189’.
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- 1 map
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- Scale
- 1:506,900
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- Horizontal
- Orientation
- North
- Degree coordinates
- Top-left: 31° 45' 34.92" N, 60° 1' 45.47" E
Top-right: 31° 45' 34.92" N, 62° 1' 43.71" E
Bottom-left: 29° 12' 13.39" N, 60° 1' 45.47" E
Bottom-right: 29° 12' 13.39" N, 62° 1' 43.71" E - It is part of
- 134 imagesRef: IOR/L/PS/20/33
- Physical characteristics
Materials: Printed on paper
Dimensions: 660 x 545mm
- Written in
- 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/20/33, f 61
- Date(s)
- 1898 (CE, Gregorian)
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- IOR/L/PS/20/33, f 61
- Title
- Map No 2: Map showing the region around Nusratabad
- Pages
- 61r:61v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence