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'Skeleton Map of Telegraph Lines in PERSIA.' [17r] (1/2)
The record is made up of 1 map. It was created in 1899. 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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Sketch map of Persia showing telegraph lines (in black); and British (red) and Russian (green) consulates general, consulates, and vice consulates, as described in a key in the bottom right hand corner of the map.
The map forms part of a letter from Sir Henry Mortimer Durand, HBM's Minister at Tehran, to the Marquess of Salisbury, the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, dated 12 February 1899, concerning the question of the appointment of additional consular officers in Persia (folios 7-17). The letter draws attention to the large scale of the Telegraph Department in Persia, and its numerous staff of English clerks, which according to the letter constituted a valuable organisation for political and intelligence purposes, especially in remote places (folio 10v).
Scale 60 miles = 1 inch.
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- 1 map
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Materials: Printed on paper.
Dimensions: 510 x 650mm.
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- English in Latin script View the complete information for this record
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- Mss Eur F111/535
- Title
- 'PRINCIPAL DESPATCHES AND CORRESPONDENCE RELATING TO PERSIA CONNECTED WITH THE SUMMARY OF EVENTS AND MEASURES OF VICEROYALTY OF HIS EXCELLENCY LORD CURZON OF KEDDLESTON IN THE FOREIGN DEPARTMENT. JANUARY 1899 TO NOVEMBER 1905. VOLUME IV-PART IV. PERSIA.'
- Pages
- 2r:65v
- Author
- Curzon, George Nathaniel, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston
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- ©The British Library Board
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- Reference
- Mss Eur F111/535, f 17
- Title
- 'Skeleton Map of Telegraph Lines in PERSIA.'
- Pages
- 17r:17v
- Author
- Curzon, George Nathaniel, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston
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- Public Domain