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Subject Railway lines Material Type Maps and Plans

1. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/7, f 70

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/7, f 70
Title:
‘Map accompanying Military Report on Persia Vol. I’
Scope & Content:
The key to the map indicates: roads actually in use with wheeled vehicles; roads fit for passage of wheeled artillery; camel tracks; railway lines; telegraph lines and telegraph offices; post offices; boundaries, both demarcated and undemarcated. Also indicated are rivers and waterways; settlemen...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1930
Extent:
1 map

2. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/7, f 71

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/7, f 71
Title:
‘Diagram of Mirjawa Station Yard’
Scope & Content:
Diagrammatic plan of Mirjawa [Mīrjāveh] railway station yard, showing: railways lines; station building; engine sheds; and workshops. Distances are given in feet. The diagram is annotated with circled numbers (1-44), for which there is no explanatory key on the map or in the enclosing volume.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1930
Extent:
1 plan

3. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/7, f 72

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/7, f 72
Title:
‘Diagram of Duzdap Stn. Yard’
Scope & Content:
Diagrammatic map of the railway station yard at Duzdap [Zahedan], indicating: railway lines; station building; goods and passenger platforms; and sidings. Distances and dimensions are given in feet. The diagram is annotated with circled numbers (1-21), for which there is no explanatory key on th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Mar 1920
Extent:
1 map

4. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/7, ff 68-69

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/7, ff 68-69
Title:
‘Map of Sinkiang (Chinese Turkistan) To Accompany Military Report, 1929.’
Scope & Content:
Map of the Sinkiang [Xinjiang] province of China. The map is split across two sheets, the first (labelled ‘No. 1’) being the western half of the area covered, and the second (labelled ‘No. 2’) the eastern half. Both sheets have an inset map, showing the complete area of the larger map. The scale...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1929
Extent:
1 map on 2 sheets

5. IOR/L/PS/10/271, f 251

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/271, f 251
Title:
'SKETCH MAP TO SHEW APPROXIMATELY RAILWAYS IN ASIATIC TURKEY'
Scope & Content:
Map, illustrating railway lines in Asiatic Turkey, to accompany Bagdad Railway No. 1 (1911). Presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command of His Majesty, May 1911 (London, His Majesty's Stationery Office). The publication appears on folios 215-252. The map was produced by the Topographical...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1911
Extent:
1 map

6. IOR/L/PS/12/2022, f 172

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2022, f 172
Title:
‘SHAN STATES AIR ROUTE: Scale 1 Inch = 137 Miles’
Scope & Content:
A map accompanying a report by Frederick Tymms, Director of Civil Aviation in India, on his reconnaissance flight of 25-26 April 1937: see folios 165-171. The purpose of the flight was to explore the possibility of establishing a direct air route between Burma and Hong Kong via French Indo-China...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1937
Extent:
1 map

7. IOR/L/PS/12/2022, f 173

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2022, f 173
Title:
‘SHAN STATES AIR ROUTE: Scale 1 Inch = 32 Miles’
Scope & Content:
A map accompanying a report by Frederick Tymms, Director of Civil Aviation in India, on his reconnaissance flight of 25-26 April 1937: see folios 165-171. The purpose of the flight was to explore the possibility of establishing a direct air route between Burma and Hong Kong via French Indo-China...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1937
Extent:
1 map

8. IOR/L/PS/12/2038, f 103

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2038, f 103
Title:
Sketch map of South Eastern Persia
Scope & Content:
A sketch map of the south eastern region of Persia [Iran] showing the border with Afghanistan and Baluchistan. It indicates the positions of Kerman, Mirjarah, and Zahidan, which are marked due to the presence of airfields constructed by the British military. It has been filed with papers consider...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[Jan 1945]
Extent:
1 map

9. IOR/L/PS/12/2038, f 130

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2038, f 130
Title:
‘PERSIA’
Scope & Content:
The map accompanies a report titled ‘Air Transport in Persia – 1944 and afterwards’ by Walter Leslie Runciman, Air Attaché at Tehran: see folios 119-129. It shows Persia [Iran] in the centre bounded by Iraq to the East, Afghanistan and Baluchistan to the West, the Caspian Sea in the North, and t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Sep 1944
Extent:
1 map

10. IOR/L/PS/20/64, f 43

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/64, f 43
Title:
'MAP SHOWING PROPOSED BAGHDAD RAILWAY'
Scope & Content:
The map shows a region encompassing parts of Russia, Persia, Arabia and the Ottoman Empire, indicating the routes of proposed and existing railway lines. The map also shows hydrology, topography and major cities and towns. The map is Plate 2 in 'Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman' (Naval Intelligenc...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1903
Extent:
1 map