Map of southwest Persia, sheet no. 2
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/9, f 230
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The record is made up of 1 map. It was created in 1885. 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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Sheet no. 2 of a map of southwest Persia [Iran], compiled in the Intelligence Branch of the Quartermaster General’s Department in India, by Major and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Mark Sever Bell (Victoria Cross, Royal Engineers), Assistant Quartermaster General, January 1885.
The map indicates: relief as hachures; hydrology and coastlines; the depths of coastal waters, given in fathoms; settlements; tribal regions; roads; the routes of telegraph lines. Further annotations describe the nature of the land, e.g. ‘good camping and grazing ground’, ‘treeless country’, ‘confused mass of hills’.
The route taken by the map’s compiler, and the main watershed lines, are also shown on the map, and referenced on the map key (sheet no. 1).
- Extent and format
- 1 map
- Area map covers
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- Scale
- 1:506,880
- Scale designator
- Horizontal
- Orientation
- North
- Degree coordinates
- Top-left: 33° 0' 14.76" N, 48° 0' 17.28" E
Top-right: 33° 0' 14.76" N, 53° 0' 12.6" E
Bottom-left: 30° 0' 9" N, 48° 0' 17.28" E
Bottom-right: 30° 0' 9" N, 53° 0' 12.6" E - It is part of
- 470 imagesRef: IOR/L/MIL/17/15/9
- Arrangement
Sheet no. 2 of four maps (1, 2, 3, and 3A) covering southwest Persia (ff 229-232).
- Physical characteristics
Dimensions: 647 x 970 mm, on sheet 680 x 1010 mm.
Materials: Printed on paper.
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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/MIL/17/15/9, f 230
- Date(s)
- 1885 (CE, Gregorian)
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- IOR/L/MIL/17/15/9, f 230
- Title
- Map of southwest Persia, sheet no. 2
- Pages
- 230r:230v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence