'PERSIAN GULF AND ADJACENT COUNTRIES'
IOR/L/PS/10/246, f 184
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The record is made up of 1 map. It was created in Jun 1908. 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 is appended to a Memorandum on Persian Railways (f 184), and shows the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and portions of adjacent countries , indicating the routes of railway lines and telegraphs, hydrology, coastal headlands, relief with spot heights, district names, major towns and cities, international boundaries and zones defined by the Anglo-Russian Convention of 31 August 1907. The map also provides a key to symbols used and short notes on territorial sovereignty.
The sheet was published in the series, 'Topographical Section, General Staff, No. 2385.', by the 'War Office, June 1908.'
- Extent and format
- 1 map
- Area map covers
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- Scale
- Scale 1:4,055,040
- Scale designator
- Horizontal
- Orientation
- North
- Degree coordinates
- Top-left: 42° 0' 0" N, 42° 0' 0" E
Top-right: 42° 0' 0" N, 68° 0' 0" E
Bottom-left: 14° 0' 0" N, 42° 0' 0" E
Bottom-right: 14° 0' 0" N, 68° 0' 0" E - It is part of
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- Physical characteristics
Materials: Printed in colour on paper
Dimensions: 713 x 568mm, on sheet 775 x 660mm
- 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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Unrestricted
- Archive reference
- IOR/L/PS/10/246, f 184
- Date(s)
- Jun 1908 (CE, Gregorian)
- Related primary sources
A later edition of the map is held in the British Library at shelfmark BL Maps MOD TSGS 2385
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- Persian Gulf
- People & organisations
- War Office, Topographical Section, General Staff
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- IOR/L/PS/10/246, f 184
- Title
- 'PERSIAN GULF AND ADJACENT COUNTRIES'
- Pages
- 184r:184v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence