Sketch Map of the Perso-Turkish Frontier
IOR/L/PS/12/3480, f 90
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The record is made up of 1 map. It was created in 1931. 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 indicating the present and proposed frontier line (drawn as dot-dashed and dashed lines respectively) between Turkey and Persia [Iran], south of Mount Ararat. Also indicated on the map are: Mount Ararat, Lesser Ararat, the towns of Bayazid [Doğubayazıt] in Turkey, and Mākū and Kelissa Kendi [Kalīsā Kandī] in Persia.
Reference to the map is made in a note preceding the map in the file, entitled ‘Information obtained from Major Nishet, Turkish Military Attaché’, prepared by the Military Attaché at the British Legation in Tehran in October 1931 (ff 88-89).
- Extent and format
- 1 map
- Area map covers
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- Scale
- 1:243,840
- Scale designator
- Horizontal
- Orientation
- North
- Degree coordinates
- Top-left: 39° 43' 19.11" N, 44° 1' 0.21" E
Top-right: 39° 43' 19.11" N, 44° 30' 49.88" E
Bottom-left: 39° 16' 8.19" N, 44° 1' 0.21" E
Bottom-right: 39° 16' 8.19" N, 44° 30' 49.88" E - It is part of
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- Physical characteristics
Materials: Ink on tracing paper.
Dimensions: 240 x 190 mm.
- 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/12/3480, f 90
- Date(s)
- 1931 (CE, Gregorian)
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- IOR/L/PS/12/3480, f 90
- Title
- Sketch Map of the Perso-Turkish Frontier
- Pages
- 90r:90v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Public Domain