Map showing part of the Perso-Baluchistan frontier
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Map of part of the frontier between Persia [Iran] and Baluchistan [in present-day Pakistan]. The map was surveyed by Jamaluddin, sub-surveyor, and Lieutenant-Colonel R A Wahab, Survey Officer, of the Perso-Baluch Boundary Commission, and is dated 1 May 1895. The map indicates: the boundary, marke...
‘SKETCH MAP to illustrate G of I's telegram No 783 d.26.3.36: The Overland air routes to Hong Kong’
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A sketch to illustrate a telegram (No 783 dated 26 March 1936) from the Government of India Department of Industries and Labour: see folios 261-263. The telegram suggested that a direct route between Burma and Hong Kong via the southern Shan States and French Indo-China should be considered in l...
‘Copy of the Survey of India map of Baluchistan. Published in 1894.’
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Copy of a map showing the frontier region between Persia [Iran] and British Baluchistan [in present-day Pakistan], produced from a Survey of India map of Baluchistan. The map is marked as being a true copy by Lieutenant-Colonel R A Wahab, Survey Officer of the Perso-Baluch Boundary Commission, d...
‘PERSIAN GULF: PLANS OF THE NORTH EAST COAST OF BAHRAIN ISLAND’
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A map included to illustrate proposals for an alighting area at Manama to facilitate the introduction of flying boat services by Imperial Airways via Bahrain. It illustrates the seaborne approaches to Bahrain Harbour and Khor Kaliya [Khawr al Qulay‘ah]. The map shows Bahrain island and the surro...
ARABIA. Route Traverse across the RUB' AL KHALI from DHUFAR TO DOHA by BERTRAM THOMAS 1930-31
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Map published by the Royal Geographical Society. From the Geographical Journal, September 1931. The map depicts Bertram Thomas's 1930-31 route, and earlier routes, in red. The map indicates settlements, hydrology, and also provides some indication of relief. Also included is a table of referenc...
Map showing the route of the North Western Railway from Duzdap [Zahedan] to Nok Kondī [Nok Kundi] and beyond
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Map comprised of four Survey of India sheets stuck together, which were published under the direction of Colonel Sir Sidney Gerald Burard, Surveyor General of India, in 1915. The map shows the frontier region of British Baluchistan [in present-day Pakistan] through which the North Western Railwa...
‘MAP TO ILLUSTRATE THE TELEGRAPH LINES OF THE INDO-EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT AND CONNECTED SYSTEMS’
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The map illustrates the telegraph lines operated by the Indo-European Telegraph Department and connected systems across Persia, the Persian Gulf, Iraq, and Baluchistan. It also includes railway lines (dashed lines) and wireless stations (triangles). A reference key is provided, but no scale is g...
‘Copy of Map showing Territories adjacent to the Frontier’
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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...
Map of Sir Henry Mortimer Durand’s proposed frontier between Persia and Baluchistan
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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 He...