‘Carte concernant l’exploitation des pètroles du Nord, Est et de l’Est confordément au projet présenté à la Chambre’ [41r] (1/2)
The record is made up of 1 map. It was created in 1937. It was written in French and Persian. 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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Map of Iran and its neighbours, indicating the extent of an oil concession granted to the Amiranian Oil Company. The map, with accompanying key, indicates: the Iranian frontier, the Amiranian Oil Company’s concession line; the names of countries and major settlements, given in French and Persian.
The map, which has been taken from an unspecified Iranian newspaper, is referred to in (and was enclosed with) a letter dated 23 January 1937, sent by Horace James Samuel, HM’s Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary A diplomatic representative who ranks below an ambassador. The term can be shortened to 'envoy'. at Tehran, to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Robert Anthony Eden. A copy of the letter precedes the map, along with a copy of the French text of an Iranian Government bill, granting oil concessions to US interests, including the Amiranian Oil Company (ff 32-40).
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- 1 map
- Area map covers
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- Scale
- Scale approximately 1:12,874,752
- Scale designator
- Horizontal
- Orientation
- North
- Degree coordinates
- Top-left: 41° 24' 36" N, 42° 27' 0" E
Top-right: 41° 24' 36" N, 71° 22' 12" E
Bottom-left: 22° 48' 0" N, 42° 27' 0" E
Bottom-right: 22° 48' 0" N, 71° 22' 12" E - Physical characteristics
Materials: printed on paper.
Dimensions: 170 x 235 mm, affixed to sheet 200 x 330 mm.
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- French and Persian in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/L/PS/12/3485, f 41
- Title
- ‘Carte concernant l’exploitation des pètroles du Nord, Est et de l’Est confordément au projet présenté à la Chambre’
- Pages
- 41r:41v
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