‘Rough Section of Persia from Enselle on Caspian through Kasvin Teheran, Shiraz to Bushire on Persian Gulf’ [‎19r] (1/2)

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Plan marked paper no. 7C, indicating the height above sea level (expressed in feet) of the route taken from Enselle [Bandar-e Anzalī] near Rasht, to Bushire, via Kasvin [Qazvin], Teheran [Tehran] and Shiraz, by Colonel Augustus Le Messurier of the Bombay Engineers, in 1887. The section is drawn as a solid black and red line, with the Caspian Sea on the left side of the plan, and the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. on the right side. Towns and cities along the route are marked on the section. Significant mountains (for example, Demavend [Kūh-e Damāvand]) are also marked on the route.

The plan bears a printed signature (illegible) in the bottom right corner, dated 28 November 1887. Under the plan is the statement: ‘Photozincographed at the Survey of 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. , Calcutta, March 1888.’

Extent and format

1 plan

Scale

Scale approximately 1:60,960

Scale designator

Vertical

Physical characteristics

Dimensions: 393 x 333 mm.

Materials: Printed on paper.

Written in

English in Latin script

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