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'Persia and Afghanistan. 7. Feb. 1919.' [1ar] (1/3)
The record is made up of 1 map sheet and 1 folio. It was created in 1919-1920. 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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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 The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. 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.
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- 1 map sheet and 1 folio
- Area map covers
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- Scale 1:4,055,040
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- Horizontal
- Orientation
- North
- Degree coordinates
- Top-left: 40° 40' 0.12" N, 47° 7' 59.88" E
Top-right: 40° 40' 0.12" N, 79° 19' 59.88" E
Bottom-left: 30° 49' 59.88" N, 47° 7' 59.88" E
Bottom-right: 30° 49' 59.88" N, 79° 19' 59.88" E - Physical characteristics
Materials: Printed, with manuscript annotations in coloured ink and crayon
Dimensions: 262 x 764mm, on sheet 316 x 896mm
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- English in Latin script View the complete information for this record
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- Mss Eur F112/571, ff 1-1a
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- 'Persia and Afghanistan. 7. Feb. 1919.'
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- 1r:1v, 1ar
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- War Office
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- Mss Eur F112/571, ff 1-1a
- Title
- 'Persia and Afghanistan. 7. Feb. 1919.'
- Pages
- 1r:1v, 1ar
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- Unknown annotator
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