Map showing part of the Perso-Baluchistan frontier

IOR/L/PS/12/3425, f 55

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The record is made up of 1 map. It was created in 1895. 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 of part of the frontier between Persia [Iran] and Baluchistan [in present-day Pakistan]. The map was surveyed by Jamaluddin, sub-surveyor, and Lieutenant-Colonel R A Wahab, Survey Officer, of the Perso-Baluch Boundary Commission, and is dated 1 May 1895. The map indicates: the boundary, marked as a thick dashed black line; hydrology; topography, with some indication of relief; settlements. Small areas on the map, demarcated by dotted lines, are coloured yellow. At the top of the map is the statement ‘Memo. B.’ Printing statements in the bottom right of the map read: ‘Litho. S.I.O., Calcutta [Kolkata].’ and ‘Heliozincographed at the Survey of India Offices, Calcutta.’

Extent and format
1 map
Area map covers
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Scale
1:253,440
Scale designator
Horizontal
Orientation
North
Degree coordinates
Top-left: 27° 15' 34.25" N, 63° 10' 16.99" E
Top-right: 27° 15' 34.25" N, 63° 45' 23.07" E
Bottom-left: 26° 39' 8.52" N, 63° 10' 16.99" E
Bottom-right: 26° 39' 8.52" N, 63° 45' 23.07" E
Physical characteristics

Dimensions: 290 x 320 mm, on sheet 333 x 420 mm.

Materials: printed on paper.

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/12/3425, f 55
Former external reference(s)
Reg. No. 32C., F.O.-Nov. 96.-21. Reg No. 2955. E. 32.-50.

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1895 (CE, Gregorian)

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