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‘Copy of Map showing Territories adjacent to the Frontier’ [39r] (1/2)
The record is made up of 1 map. It was created in 1896. 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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A copy of a large-scale map of Persia, referred to in an agreement between the British and Persian Governments of 27 December 1895. Notes on the map indicate three boundary lines: a red and green solid frontier line, as drawn by Major Oliver Beauchamp Coventry St John in 1872; a dotted blue line, being the frontier proposed by Sir Henry Mortimer Durand and accepted by the Persian Government; and a dotted red line, superseded by the blue line, and indicating the claim of Kelat [Kalāt] to the whole of the Mashked [Māshkel] district. The map also indicates: hydrology; relief, with form lines An imprecise contour line plotted by estimation rather than measurement. ; settlements.
The notes on the map are signed by Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Philip Picot, Military Attaché at Tehran, 30 December 1895.
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- 1 map
- Area map covers
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- Scale
- 1:1,013,760
- Scale designator
- Horizontal
- Orientation
- North
- Degree coordinates
- Top-left: 30° 23' 47.76" N, 60° 0' 26.28" E
Top-right: 30° 23' 47.76" N, 64° 0' 22.68" E
Bottom-left: 25° 0' 3.6" N, 60° 0' 26.28" E
Bottom-right: 25° 0' 3.6" N, 64° 0' 22.68" E - Physical characteristics
Dimensions: 585 x 380 mm, on sheet 670 x 420 mm.
Materials: Printed on paper.
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- English in Latin script View the complete information for this record
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‘Copy of Map showing Territories adjacent to the Frontier’ [39r] (1/2), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/3425, f 39, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100085225766.0x000059> [accessed 15 July 2026]
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- IOR/L/PS/12/3425, f 39
- Title
- ‘Copy of Map showing Territories adjacent to the Frontier’
- Pages
- 39r:39v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence