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IOR/X/3103/1-6
- Record Id:
- 040-002360203
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-002238108
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000926.0x0000fb
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023700346.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/X/3103/1-6
- Title:
- ‘Persia Compiled Principally from Original Authorities by Captain (Local Major) O.B.C.ST. John, (Royal Engineers) by Order of H.M. Secretary of State for India’
- Scope & Content:
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Imprint:
Stanford’s Geographical Estab[lishmen]t, Charing Cross.
Distinctive Features:
Relief shown by shading.
General map of Persia compiled by Captain Oliver Beauchamp Coventry St John by order of H.M. Secretary of State for India. Map shows various routes including Pottinger’s expedition of 1810 from Nushki (Balochistan) to Isfahan with unexplored areas identified and labelled; boundaries and frontiers marked. The telegraph line to India and submarine telegraph cables laid in 1864 and 1869 indicated.
Includes ‘Table showing the approximate value of the Roman letters used in the names of places on the Map’ and four sections: • between the Persian Gulf and Bampúr Valley; • between the Persian Gulf and the Kharán Desert about the meridian of 63° Valley; • along the high road between Shiráz, Karmán, Bampúr & the edge of the Kharán or Halmand Desert; • between the Persian Gulf and the Caspian along the high road through Busire, Shiráz, Isfahán and Teherán.
- Collection Area:
- Map Collections
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002238107
036-002238108
040-002360203 - Is part of:
- IOR/X : India Office reference collection of maps
IOR/X/1-4999 : Maps described in the 1878 published catalogue
IOR/X/3103/1-6 : ‘Persia Compiled Principally from Original Authorities by Captain (Local Major) O.B.C.ST. John, (Royal Engineers) by Order of… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002238107[0001]/036-002238108[0086]/040-002360203
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/X
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 map on 12 sheets mounted on linen
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000926.0x0000fb
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1876
- End Date:
- 1876
- Date Range:
- 1876
- Era:
- CE
- Scale:
- Scale approximately 1:1,013,760
- Scale Designator:
- Horizontal
- Coordinates (Decimal):
- 44.0185,23.8061,64.3552,40.0765
- Coordinates (Degree):
- E 44°1’7”-E 64°21’19”/N 40°4’35”-N 23°48’22”
- Orientation:
- North
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Dimensions: 1800 x 1900 mm
- Former External References:
- M.V.9
- Material Type:
- Maps and Plans
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)