Map of Sir Henry Mortimer Durand’s proposed frontier between Persia and Baluchistan
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Map of Sir Henry Mortimer Durand’s proposed frontier between Persia and Baluchistan
- Creator:
- Author: Military Attaché, Tehran
Author: Surveyor General - Date:
- 1896/1896
- Description:
- Abstract: Copy of a map showing Sir Henry Mortimer Durand’s proposed frontier between Persia [Iran] and British Baluchistan [in present-day Pakistan], referred to in the agreement of 27 December 1895 between the Governments of Persia and Britain. The original of the map was signed by Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Philip Picot, Military Attaché at Tehran, 30 December 1895. A note at the bottom of the map states that it was published under the direction of Colonel Charles Strahan, Surveyor General of India. The map indicates: the proposed frontier, shown as a black dashed line; hydrography; settlements; topography, with some indication of relief.The map is signed as being a true copy by Lieutenant-Colonel R A Wahab, Survey of the Perso-Baluch Boundary Commission, 5 April 1896. Printing statements in the bottom right corner of the map read: ‘Photozincographed at the Office of the Trigonometrical Branch, Survey of India, Dehra Dún [Dehradun]’ and ‘Heliozincographed at the Survey of India Offices, Calcutta [Kolkata].’Physical description: Dimensions:335 x 352 mm, on sheet 510 x 414 mm.Materials:Printed on paper.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Map
- Type (Narrower):
- Maps
- Type (Broader):
- Image
- Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100085085664.0x00000e_ar
81055/vdc_100085085664.0x00000e_en
IOR/L/PS/12/3425, f 54
IOR/L/PS/12/3425, f 54