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'MAP OF PERSIA, WITH A MEMORANDUM AND INDEX.' [‎6r] (16/57)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (24 folios). It was created in 1892. 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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MEMORANDUM ON THE NEW MAP OF PERSIA.
9
(£)
that encountered in Persia itself. I may instance as illustrating
the various pronunciations of the same vowel, the word panj, puvj,
or penj, i. e. five, which in the different forms Kila Bar Pauja,
Panjgur, Punjab, and Penjdeh, is familiar to English readers. The
system employed in Hunter’s Gazetteer of India, and in India generally,
I have not, for the above-mentioned reasons, been able unreservedly to
adopt. It frequently violates the primary canon of such an approxima
tion to the local sound as a native, if he heard the word in an English
man’s mouth, might he expected to understand.
It will be observed that in addition to Persia this map includes a
large portion of the Russian dominions in Central Asia, the greater
part of Afghanistan, and the whole of Beluchistan. The geographical
configuration of Persia, considered in relation to a handy and portable
sheet, would of itself have suggested such an extension of plan; hut
the reasons for which I have adopted it are political rather than
ornamental or convenient. Persia is so intimately hound up with its
neighbours on the north-east and east, and its future will so largely
he determined hy considerations in which their geography and topo
graphy must play an important part, that the map would have been
shorn of much of its value had it omitted to include them. Russian
authorities have been used for the Russian dominions ; Indian autho
rities for the Indian frontier-regions and the countries immediately
beyond.
I append a twofold list, (1) of the maps that have been directly
used in the compilation of this work; (2) of the maps that have not
required to be so used, inasmuch as their contents have already been
incorporated in the members of class 1, but that deserve to figure in
a catalogue of modern maps of Persia. I have subdivided the former
or more important class, firstly into the political and geographical
units of Persia, Afghanistan, and Beluchistan; and secondly, according
to the character and extent of the area or itinerary displayed, into
> General maps, Divisional maps, and District or Route maps. This is
not an unfamiliar classification, and appears to cover the whole ground.

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This book consists of a map of Persia, with a memorandum and index, prepared by William John Turner for the Royal Geographical Society under the supervision of the Hon George Nathaniel Curzon, M P.

The memorandum is written by George Curzon, a Member of Parliament, and explains the origins of the mapping exercise and the issues involved. An appendix lists the maps directly used in the compilation of the new map and a second appendix lists those maps not used but which were useful for reference. There then follows an index of place names and accompanying grid references to the map. The folded map is placed at the back of the publication.

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1 volume (24 folios)
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 26; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.

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