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'Map to illustrate the Military Report on Tehran and adjacent provinces in N. W. Persia' [302r] (1/2)
The record is made up of 1 map. It was created in Feb 1922. 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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MAP TO ILLUSTRATE THE MILITARY REPORT ON TEHRAN AND ADJACENT PROVINCES IN N. W. PERSIA.
FOf? OFFICIAL USE OHLY
Large Towns
Small „
Large Villages
Small „
Tram Line
Tea ship
Imam, Ziarat
Trignometrical, Intersected heights...
Pass
Telegraph and Telephone line
Post Office
Telegraph Office
Wooded Area of Caspian Provinces...
Products
... TEHR/, KAZVIN
.... Abhar , Kulinji
° NajimabacL
/a/iabad
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A 726 S , • 7 S 72
ROADS.
Metalled Roads passable for Motors at all seasons.
Routes Nos. A to E-
Partly metalled or unmetalled Roads passable for carts
and in parts for Motors at certain seasons (approxi
mately from May to October) Routes Nos. F to K
Camel Routes (on Persian Plateau) Routes Nos. L to Q... -
Mule & Pony Routes (in Elburz <fc Caspian Provinces) ?_r_t “Is
Minor and connecting Routes
(The above numbers all refer to chapter 10 of the report)
Scale 1 Inch=r 12 Miles.
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The Degree Sheets not based on this survey are compilations
from travellers sketches and other sources and are only approxi
mate. *
In. places where this map differs from them it is based on
later information supplied by Captain L. S. Fortescue.
52° ss'
: Survey of Ind.a OrF.CES, Calout-
! O R: 115
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The map is of Tehran and the surrounding parts of north west Persia on the south coast of the Caspian Sea. It shows human settlements, administrative zones, topographical features, agricultural products, and roads. Beneath the main map are two smaller maps, one showing the areas surveyed by the Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force, the other ethnographical divisions.
The map includes a printing statement that reads 'Simla Drawing Office. No. 3090, Feb. 1922. Reg. No. 2287 E 22-400'. The map was heliozincographed at the Survey of India Offices, Calcutta.
- Extent and format
- 1 map
- Area map covers
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- Scale
- 1:760320
- Scale designator
- Horizontal
- Orientation
- North
- Degree coordinates
- Top-left: 38° 0' 0" N, 47° 0' 0" E
Top-right: 38° 0' 0" N, 54° 0' 0" E
Bottom-left: 35° 0' 0" N, 47° 0' 0" E
Bottom-right: 35° 0' 0" N, 54° 0' 0" E - Physical characteristics
Materials: Printed in colour on paper
Dimensions: 457 x 790mm, on sheet 630 x 905mm
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- English in Latin script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/L/MIL/17/15/23, f 302
- Title
- 'Map to illustrate the Military Report on Tehran and adjacent provinces in N. W. Persia'
- Pages
- 302r:302v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence