'Map No. 1 Sketch map showing TURCO-PERSIAN FRONTIER AS OCCUPIED BY PERSIA WEST AND SOUTH OF HAWIZEH'
IOR/L/PS/10/60 (v)
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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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This map, printed by the War Office in July 1912, depicts the Turco-Persian Frontier in the vicinity of the towns of Hawizeh, Basrah and Mohammerah. The map indicates other settlements, hydrology, vegetation and areas of cultivation.
The boundary is noted with a line and a corresponding note 'the Persian frontier as locally observed.'
A note reads: 'Compiled from plane-table survey from Hawizeh via Shuaib to Diaji April 12, and existing maps by Surveyor S. Firoz Bakht. Under supervision of Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Percy Cox. Resident Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .'
- Extent and format
- 1 map
- Area map covers
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- Orientation
- North
- Degree coordinates
- Top-left: 30° 46' 48" N, 47° 36' 36" E
Top-right: 30° 46' 48" N, 47° 57' 0" E
Bottom-left: 30° 24' 36" N, 47° 36' 36" E
Bottom-right: 30° 24' 36" N, 47° 57' 0" E - It is part of
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- Physical characteristics
Materials: Printed on paper
Dimensions: 710 x 520mm, on sheet 850 x 600mm
- 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/10/60 (v)
- Former external reference(s)
- G.S.G.S. No 2641
- Date(s)
- 1912 (CE, Gregorian)
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- IOR/L/PS/10/60 (v)
- Title
- 'Map No. 1 Sketch map showing TURCO-PERSIAN FRONTIER AS OCCUPIED BY PERSIA WEST AND SOUTH OF HAWIZEH'
- Pages
- 186ar:186av
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence