'A Map of the Countries Between Constantinople and Calcutta including Turkey in Asia, Persia, Afghanistan & Turkestan.' Western portion only. With manuscript additions showing the positions of religious sites, naval bases, oil sites and updated railway information

Content

Western half of printed map sheet; the eastern half, disassociated, was not present on transfer.

Western portion bears the imprints 'London; Published by Edward Stanford, Ltd., 12, 13, & 14, Long Acre, W.C., Oct. 1st., 1912' and '11012'. Covers western Asia, including the Arabian Peninsula. Portrays hydrology, relief by spot heights A point on a map at which the height of the land is recorded. and hachures Lines drawn on a map to indicate the direction and steepness of slope. , roads, railways, submarine telegraphs, settlements, place names and international boundaries. A full copy of this map, also incorporating a red plate not present on this version (showing steamship routes, proposed railways and limits of British jurisdiction in Persia [Iran]), is filed at Maps X.6918.

Manuscript additions portray supplementary railway information, religious sites, naval and submarine bases and oil sites, and includes strategic notes.

Creation end date derived from position of military forces on Mss Eur F112/552, f 11.

Verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. bears the note 'Arabia [?]Sykes'.

Extent and format

1 map sheet

Area map covers

Map loading...

Scale

Scale 1:6,969,600

Scale designator

Horizontal

Orientation

North

Degree coordinates

Top-left: 47° 30' 27.72" N, 20° 14' 24" E
Top-right: 47° 30' 27.72" N, 70° 25' 6.96" E
Bottom-left: 5° 28' 14.16" N, 20° 14' 24" E
Bottom-right: 5° 28' 14.16" N, 70° 25' 6.96" E

It is part of

Maps Relating to the First World War in the Former Ottoman Empire

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Ref: Mss Eur F112/552

Physical characteristics

Materials: Printed, with manuscript additions in ink, pencil, crayon and watercolour, on paper

Dimensions: 630 x 577mm, on sheet 710 x 616mm

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Map

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

Mss Eur F112/552, f 12

History of this record

Date(s)

1912-1917? (CE, Gregorian)

Places

ConstantinopleArabian Peninsula

People & organisations

Edward Stanford and Co, publishers and stationers

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'A Map of the Countries Between Constantinople and Calcutta including Turkey in Asia, Persia, Afghanistan & Turkestan.' Western portion only. With manuscript additions showing the positions of religious sites, naval bases, oil sites and updated railway information, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, Mss Eur F112/552, f 12, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100140101994.0x000002> [accessed 17 July 2026]

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