‘Map of Western Baluchistan’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Map of Western Baluchistan’
- Creator:
- Author: Oliver Beauchamp Coventry St John
- Date:
- 1874/1874
- Description:
- Abstract: Map compiled by Major Oliver Beauchamp Coventry St John of the Royal Engineers, by order of the Secretary of State for India, to show the western frontier of the territories of His Highness the Khán of Kálát, as determined by the Frontier Commission under Major General Sir Frederic John Goldsmid. The map indicates: hydrology; topography, with some indication of relief; settlements; the frontier, marked as a solid pink line; other proposed frontier lines: Sir Frederic Goldsmid’s line of 1871 (shown in green); Major Beresford Lovett’s frontier of 1871 (red); Major St John’s and Mr Blandford’s of 1872 (brown). Notes on the map’s sources and authorities are given under the map title.In the bottom right corner of the map are three sections: 1) between the Kharān desert and the Persian Gulf about the meridian of 63°; 2) between the Bampūr plain and the Persian Gulf about the meridian of 60°45’; 3) of the road between the Kharān desert and the Bampūr valley. The vertical scale of all three sections is 1 inch to 6,000 feet.Printing statements at the bottom of the map read ‘Trel. Saunders Lith. 1874.’ and ‘Heliozincographed at the Survey of India Offices, Calcutta [Kolkata].’Physical description: Dimensions:910 x 1255 mm, on sheet 948 x 1285 mm.Materials:printed on paper.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Map
- Type (Narrower):
- Maps
- Type (Broader):
- Image
- Subject:
- Persian-British Baluchistan Frontier Delimitation Commission
- Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100085085664.0x00000b_ar
81055/vdc_100085085664.0x00000b_en
IOR/L/PS/12/3425, f 58
IOR/L/PS/12/3425, f 58