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Map of Sir Henry Mortimer Durand’s proposed frontier between Persia and Baluchistan [54v] (2/2)
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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Copy of a map showing Sir Henry Mortimer Durand’s proposed frontier between Persia [Iran] and British Baluchistan [in present-day Pakistan], referred to in the agreement of 27 December 1895 between the Governments of Persia and Britain. The original of the map was signed by Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Philip Picot, Military Attaché at Tehran, 30 December 1895. A note at the bottom of the map states that it was published under the direction of Colonel Charles Strahan, Surveyor General of India. The map indicates: the proposed frontier, shown as a black dashed line; hydrography; settlements; topography, with some indication of relief.
The map is signed as being a true copy by Lieutenant-Colonel R A Wahab, Survey of the Perso-Baluch Boundary Commission, 5 April 1896. Printing statements in the bottom right corner of the map read: ‘Photozincographed at the Office of the Trigonometrical Branch, Survey of India, Dehra Dún [Dehradun]’ and ‘Heliozincographed at the Survey of India Offices, Calcutta [Kolkata].’
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- 1 map
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- Scale
- 1:1,013,760
- Scale designator
- Horizontal
- Orientation
- North
- Degree coordinates
- Top-left: 29° 53' 52.08" N, 60° 14' 16.8" E
Top-right: 29° 53' 52.08" N, 63° 55' 45.84" E
Bottom-left: 26° 56' 30.12" N, 60° 14' 16.8" E
Bottom-right: 26° 56' 30.12" N, 63° 55' 45.84" E - Physical characteristics
Dimensions: 335 x 352 mm, on sheet 510 x 414 mm.
Materials: Printed on paper.
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- IOR/L/PS/12/3425, f 54
- Title
- Map of Sir Henry Mortimer Durand’s proposed frontier between Persia and Baluchistan
- Pages
- 54r:54v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence