'Persia and Afghanistan. 7. Feb. 1919.'

Title:

'Persia and Afghanistan. 7. Feb. 1919.'

Date:

1919/1920

Description:

Abstract: Folio 1:Classified 'Secret'.The northern half of map sheet Geographical Section, General Staff No. 2149, complete sheets bearing the imprint 'April 1912, Additions July 1918, Railways revised Jan 1919'. Sheet portrays hydrology, relief by spot heights, roads, railways, telegraphs, settlements, place names, water sources and international boundaries. This version has been printed without coloured relief plates; copies with coloured relief plates are at Maps 50970.(27.) and Maps MOD GSGS 2149.Manuscript annotations provide details of British, Russ[ian]. and Turkoman Irregulars, and Enemy troops, a route objective, the date '7 Feb 1919', the classification 'Secret' and the note 'To accompany M[inistry].O[f].I[nformation]. J.24.' Annotated map detail covers Azerbaijan, Persia [Iran] and the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic. A legend and scale bar, as would have appeared on the missing lower half of the map, have been pasted on. The verso bears the annotation 'Transcaspia'.Folio 1a:Classified'Secret'.Circulation list relating to Folio 1 above, to which it is attached. Printed in colour, with manuscript additions in ink. 137 x 153mm. Dated 1919-20.Physical description: Materials: Printed, with manuscript annotations in coloured ink and crayonDimensions: 262 x 764mm, on sheet 316 x 896mm

Language:

English

Type:

Map

Type (Narrower):

Maps

Type (Broader):

Image

Geographic region:

Persia
Afghanistan
Azerbaijan

Rights:

رخصة حكومة مفتوحة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100140102013.0x000006_ar
81055/vdc_100140102013.0x000006_en
Mss Eur F112/571, ff 1-1a
Mss Eur F112/571, ff 1-1a

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