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IOR/L/PS/20/125, f 18
- Record Id:
- 041-003353897
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000564257
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100037261221.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100040658853.0x000003
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/20/125, f 18
- Title:
- ‘Route through Persia on horse back’
- Scope & Content:
-
Map of eastern Persia [Iran] marked paper no. 7A, and showing the route from Rasht to Bushire taken on horseback by Colonel August Le Messurier of the Bombay Engineers. The map indicates: the route taken, shown as a solid red line; major towns and cities on the route, with their elevations given in feet; the coastlines of the Caspian Sea and Persian Gulf; rivers. All the place names on the map have pencil ticks alongside them. The map’s scale is expressed in miles and farsakhs.
The map bears a printed signature (illegible) in the bottom right corner, dated 28 November 1887. Under the map is the statement: ‘Photozincographed at the Survey of India Office, Calcutta, March 1888.’
- 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
040-000565407
041-003353897 - 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/20/125 : ‘Persia.’
IOR/L/PS/20/125, f 18 : ‘Route through Persia on horse back’ - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0020]/036-000564257[0009]/037-000565294[0111]/040-000565407[0001]/041-003353897
- 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_100040658853.0x000003
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1888
- End Date:
- 1888
- Date Range:
- 1887-1888
- Era:
- CE
- Scale:
- Scale approximately 1:675,910
- Scale Designator:
- Horizontal
- Coordinates (Decimal):
- 48.0103,28.3141,53.6792,37.7273
- Coordinates (Degree):
- E 48°0’37”-E 53°40’45”/N 37°43’38”-N 28°18’51”
- Orientation:
- North
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
-
Dimensions: 283 x 145 mm, on sheet 334 x 375 mm.
Materials: Ink on paper.
- Material Type:
- Maps and Plans
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)