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IOR/X/3083
- Record Id:
- 040-002360191
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-002238108
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000926.0x0000f1
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023322478.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/X/3083
- Title:
- Mekran Coast, Sunmiani to Jask; with Major Ross’ route from Bela through Kowah and the Kej Valley. Also the territory under Muscat, Belooch chiefs’ tributary to Persia, &c.
- Scope & Content:
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Title from ‘A Catalogue of Manuscript and Printed Reports, Field Books, Memoirs, Maps, etc., of the Indian Surveys, Deposited in the Map Room of the India Office’ published in 1878.
Distinctive Features:
Creation date ‘1867’ from pencil annotation in the bottom centre.
Relief shown by hachures.
Hand drawn sketch map of the Mekran Coast showing the telegraph line and roads, with areas lettered for reference and described at lower left: ‘AA. Is portion of the territory formed by Muscat from Persia under terms of the treaty between those states.
BB. with exception of the Choubar (Chābahār) District [marked in red] is under the sway of Belooch Chiefs who pay tribute to Persia through the GovernorThe strips of territory surrounded by red are possessions of Muscat’.
Inscriptions:
Descriptive notes on recto:
Upper right: ‘For record in the geographical dept. An original map by Major (now Colonel) E.C. Ross, in his own handwriting and draughting [illegible] being pencil notes. I have not used the india rubber. Arthur W. Stiffe Lieuth’.
Bottom margin, right: ‘The thin red Line is for Mekran Telegraph. The dotted line is for road’.
- Collection Area:
- Map Collections
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002238107
036-002238108
040-002360191 - Is part of:
- IOR/X : India Office reference collection of maps
IOR/X/1-4999 : Maps described in the 1878 published catalogue
IOR/X/3083 : Mekran Coast, Sunmiani to Jask; with Major Ross’ route from Bela through Kowah and the Kej Valley. Also the territory under… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002238107[0001]/036-002238108[0075]/040-002360191
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/X
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 map
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000926.0x0000f1
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1867
- End Date:
- 1867
- Date Range:
- 1867
- Era:
- CE
- Scale:
- Scale approximately 1:1,250,000
- Scale Designator:
- Horizontal
- Coordinates (Decimal):
- 57.7074,24.8978,66.7371,28.1895
- Coordinates (Degree):
- E 57°42’27”-E 66°44’14”/N 28°11’22”-N 24°53’52”
- Orientation:
- North
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Pen and ink with wash on paper with additions in pencil
Dimensions: 347 x 706 mm, on sheet 388 x 736 mm
- Former External References:
- M.IV.28
- Material Type:
- Maps and Plans
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)