‘Skeleton Map of Telegraph Lines in Persia.’
Mss Eur F111/350, f 187
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The record is made up of 1 map. It was created in c 1899. 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 telegraph lines in Persia [Iran]. It includes a key indicating the lines and symbols on the map, which correspond to the following: telegraph lines of the Indo-European Telegraph Department and the Indo-European Telegraph Company; Persian Administration telegraph lines; British Consulates General; Russian Consulates General; British Vice Consulates; Russian Vice Consulates; British Consulates; and Russian Consulates.
The map is signed ‘R.C. Barker Director [Director of the Indo-European Telegraph Department]’. It is an enclosure to a despatch from Sir Henry Mortimer Durand, HM Minister at Tehran, to the Foreign Office, regarding the appointment of additional consular officers in Persia [Iran], dated 12 February 1899 (folios 179-188 of Mss Eur F111/350).
- Extent and format
- 1 map
- Area map covers
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- Scale
- Scale approximately 1:6,336,000
- Scale designator
- Horizontal
- Orientation
- North
- Degree coordinates
- Top-left: 39° 55' 48.72" N, 43° 31' 53.76" E
Top-right: 39° 55' 48.72" N, 63° 34' 14.52" E
Bottom-left: 24° 30' 41.4" N, 43° 31' 53.76" E
Bottom-right: 24° 30' 41.4" N, 63° 34' 14.52" E - It is part of
- 617 imagesRef: Mss Eur F111/350
- Physical characteristics
Materials: Printed on paper
Dimensions: 290 x 378mm, on sheet 329 x 432mm
- 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
- Mss Eur F111/350, f 187
- Date(s)
- c 1899 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Telegraph lines
- People & organisations
- Indo-European Telegraph Department
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- Mss Eur F111/350, f 187
- Title
- ‘Skeleton Map of Telegraph Lines in Persia.’
- Pages
- 187r:187v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence
