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IOR/L/PS/20/27, f 5
- Record Id:
- 041-003316058
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000564257
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100033233777.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100035579032.0x000001
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/20/27, f 5
- Title:
- Skeleton of Curzon's Map of PERSIA showing Routes Examined for the Central Persia Telegraph Line
- Scope & Content:
-
Map found at folio 5 of the 'Report on the preliminary survey of the route for the Central Persia Telegraph Line', 1899.
The map shows existing and proposed telegraph routes across Persia [Iran], Afghanistan and Pakistan, bounded roughly with Teheran [Tehran] in the North West, Bunder Abbas [Bandar-e 'Abbās] in the South, Kurrachi [Karāchi] in the South East, and Quetta in the East. The following features are marked on the map:
- Central Persia Telegraph Line proposed route;
- Indo-European Telegraph route;
- Other surveys;
- Route surveyed by Mr Armstrong;
- Route followed by Mr W King Wood;
- Proposed diversion to existing line;
- Central Persia Telegraph Line unexamined route.
The map was printed by the Photographic Survey of India Department, Calcutta, as per the following printing statements: 'Photo. S. D. Calcutta', and 'Reg. No. 285, D. G. Tel. - May 99.-20'.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000564257
037-000565294
040-000565320
041-003316058 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/20 : Political and Secret Department Library
IOR/L/PS/20/1-289C : Political and Secret Department Library: Works received later, through official channels, plus miscellaneous items
IOR/L/PS/20/27 : Report on the preliminary survey of the route for the Central Persia Telegraph Line. By W King Wood, Assistant…
IOR/L/PS/20/27, f 5 : Skeleton of Curzon's Map of PERSIA showing Routes Examined for the Central Persia Telegraph Line - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0020]/036-000564257[0009]/037-000565294[0024]/040-000565320[0001]/041-003316058
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 map
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100035579032.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1899
- End Date:
- 1899
- Date Range:
- May 1899
- Era:
- CE
- Scale:
- Scale approximately 1:3,801,000
- Scale Designator:
- Horizontal
- Coordinates (Decimal):
- 50.9766,24.5271,68.0713,36.6332
- Coordinates (Degree):
- E 50°58’36”-E 68°4’17”/N 36°38’0”-N 24°31’38”
- Orientation:
- North
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
-
Materials: printed on paper.
Dimensions: 340 x 470mm, on sheet 490 x 640mm.
- Material Type:
- Maps and Plans
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)