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‘RECONNAISSANCE SURVEY OF S.-E. BAKHTIARI COUNTRY, MAY 1891’ [4v] (2/2)
The record is made up of 1 map sheet. It was created in 1891. 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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Four of five maps on one sheet. The first four are cross section The shape revealed by cutting vertically through a land surface at right angles to the feature of interest. maps, catalogued here as Mss Eur F112 397, f 4 1 and also found at Mss Eur F112 397, f 2.
The four cross section The shape revealed by cutting vertically through a land surface at right angles to the feature of interest. maps (printed as shown on Mss Eur F112 397, f 2) were produced as part of a reconnaissance survey of south-east Bakhtiari [Bakhtiyārī] country. Surveyed by Assistant Surveyor Imam Sharif, Khan Bahadur [Imām Sharīf, Khān Bahādur], Survey of India Department; superintended and assisted by Lieutenant William Daniel McSwiney, 7th Dragoon Guards. The maps are as follows:
- ‘I’, labelled as ‘Section Dizful [Dezful] to Pul-i-Kul’
- ‘II’, labelled as ‘Section Dizful to Kala Bazuft’
- ‘III’, labelled as ‘Section Shustar to Kala Bazuft (Via, Lali, Mushgari and Susan)’
- ‘IV’, labelled as ‘Section Shustar to Kala Bazuft (Via, Sar i Shah and Chilau)’.
The sections note place names and their height above sea level. The vertical scale is stated as ‘1 Inch = 6000 feet’. The horizontal scale is stated as being ‘1 Inch = 8 Miles’.
Beneath the four maps is a reproduction of the map found at Mss Eur F112 397, f 3.
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- 1 map sheet
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Materials: Printed on paper
Dimensions: 378 x 581mm on sheet 1016 x 680mm
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- Mss Eur F112/397, f 4 1
- Title
- ‘RECONNAISSANCE SURVEY OF S.-E. BAKHTIARI COUNTRY, MAY 1891’
- Pages
- 4r:4v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Public Domain
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- Mss Eur F112/397, f 4 2
- Title
- ‘RECONNAISSANCE SURVEY OF S.-E. BAKHTIARI COUNTRY, MAY 1891’
- Pages
- 4r:4v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Public Domain