‘Beluchistan comprising Mekran and the Perso-Beluch Boundary.’
IOR/L/PS/12/3425, f 40
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The record is made up of 1 map. It was created in Jul 1874. 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 Beluchistan [British Baluchistan] including Mekran [Makran] and the Perso-Beluch frontier. Annotations on the map indicate that it was drawn and compiled by Captain Beresford Lovett of the Royal Engineers, who was attached to the Persian-British Baluchistan Frontier Delimitation Commission, under Major General Frederic John Goldsmid. The map was produced from surveys by Major Edward Charles Ross, Assistant Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at Gwadur [Gwadar], Lovett, and Quartermaster General Sargeant D Bower, Royal Engineers. The map was traced at the Presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. Drawing and Litho office at Bombay [Mumbai] in July 1874. The map indicates: hydrology; topography, with some indication of relief; settlements; the route of the Indo-European telegraph cable, shown as a solid red line.
A printing statement in the bottom right corner of the map reads: ‘Helio. S.I.O., Calcutta.’
- Extent and format
- 1 map
- Area map covers
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- Scale
- Scale approximately 1:466,477
- Scale designator
- Horizontal
- Orientation
- North
- Degree coordinates
- Top-left: 27° 3' 6.48" N, 60° 0' 26.28" E
Top-right: 27° 3' 6.48" N, 63° 12' 55.08" E
Bottom-left: 24° 54' 14.04" N, 60° 0' 26.28" E
Bottom-right: 24° 54' 14.04" N, 63° 12' 55.08" E - It is part of
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- Physical characteristics
Dimensions: 580 x 700 mm, on sheet 655 x 750 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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- Archive reference
- IOR/L/PS/12/3425, f 40
- Former external reference(s)
- Reg. No. 2941 E.32.-20.
- Date(s)
- Jul 1874 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Assistant Political Agent, Mekran Coast
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- IOR/L/PS/12/3425, f 40
- Title
- ‘Beluchistan comprising Mekran and the Perso-Beluch Boundary.’
- Pages
- 40r:40v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence