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Mss Eur F112/570, f 36
- Record Id:
- 041-003475624
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002307428
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100097666376.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100140102009.0x000017
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F112/570, f 36
- Title:
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Map of Eastern Turkey in Asia, Syria and Western Persia. Fragment of south-east corner, with additional railway information
- Scope & Content:
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Sheet is stamped 'Secret'.
Geographical Section, General Staff No. 2901, with manuscript additions portraying railway information. Only the south-east quarter of the sheet is present; the title is absent.
The map bears the imprint 'Published by the Royal Geographical Society, 1910. Railways inserted to November, 1917' and portrays hydrology, relief by spot heights, roads, railways, telegraphs, settlements, place names and international boundaries. The sheet bears the printed note 'International Boundaries as in July, 1914'. A 1921 edition of this map is at Maps 46970.(44.) and includes accompanying notes (including compilation details) published by the Royal Geographical Society in 1910, although lacks a GSGS designation yet contains an additional grey plate (hachures and ancient canals) that is lacking from this version; projection information has been taken from this source.
Manuscript additions provide supplementary information on railway gauge and projected railways.
Date range end date taken from War Office accession stamp.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002307428
036-002308704
040-002308705
041-003475624 - Is part of:
- Mss Eur F111-112 : Papers of the Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, Viceroy of India 1898-1905; Lord Privy Seal 1915-19; Foreign Secretary 1919-24
Mss Eur F111-112 Series 115 : Lord Curzon, Foreign Secretary 1919-24: maps
Mss Eur F112/570 : Maps and Associated Documents Relating to the Post-war Realignment of Boundaries in the Former Ottoman Empire
Mss Eur F112/570, f 36 : Map of Eastern Turkey in Asia, Syria and Western Persia. Fragment of south-east corner, with additional railway information - Hierarchy:
- 032-002307428[0118]/036-002308704[0001]/040-002308705[0029]/041-003475624
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur F111-112
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
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1 map sheet
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100140102009.0x000017
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1917
- End Date:
- 1918
- Date Range:
- 1917-1918
- Era:
- CE
- Scale:
- Scale 1:2,000,000
- Scale Designator:
- Horizontal
- Coordinates (Decimal):
- 39.9667,29.3333,49.9318,39.0667
- Coordinates (Degree):
- E 39°58’0”-E 49°55’54”/N 39°4’0”-N 29°20’0”
- Orientation:
- North
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Printed in colour, with manuscript additions in coloured ink
Dimensions: 559 x 452mm, on sheet 585 x 483mm
- Material Type:
- Maps and Plans
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)