‘Sketch Map of Waziristan’
IOR/L/PS/12/1960, f 258
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The record is made up of 1 map. It was created in Mar 1938. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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The map shows Waziristan, and the border between British India and Afghanistan. It indicates the extent of Mahsud territory, and includes road and rail links; roads built between 1936-7 have been highlighted.
The map is contained within an envelope (folio 257) bearing a broken Foreign Office wax seal. The seal bears the words ‘Secretary of State – Foreign Department’.
- Extent and format
- 1 map
- Area map covers
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- Scale
- 1:506880
- Scale designator
- Horizontal
- Orientation
- North
- Degree coordinates
- Top-left: 33° 23' 34.94" N, 69° 22' 33.3" E
Top-right: 33° 23' 34.94" N, 70° 41' 9.73" E
Bottom-left: 32° 28' 13.36" N, 69° 22' 33.3" E
Bottom-right: 32° 28' 13.36" N, 70° 41' 9.73" E - It is part of
- 561 imagesRef: IOR/L/PS/12/1960
- Physical characteristics
Materials: 1 paper folio
Dimensions: 358mm x 318mm
- Written in
- English in Latin script
- Type
- Map
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- British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity.
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Unrestricted
- Archive reference
- IOR/L/PS/12/1960, f 258
- Former external reference(s)
- Army Section 6 D O S of I No 9131 March 1938
- Date(s)
- Mar 1938 (CE, Gregorian)
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- IOR/L/PS/12/1960, f 258
- Title
- ‘Sketch Map of Waziristan’
- Pages
- 258r:258v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence