‘Part of Perso-Baluch Frontier’
IOR/L/PS/12/3425, f 119
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The record is made up of 1 map. It was created in 1932. 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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Secret map, marked ‘Map No. 2’ in the top right corner, showing the frontier region between Persia [Iran] and British Baluchistan [in present-day Pakistan]. The map indicates: hydrology, including main and minor watersheds as red lines; spot heights, indicated in feet; settlements; a railway line; the Holdich Line (blue dashed line) with Longitude correction; a line considered to be the closest interpretation of the Holdich Agreement (grey); an alternative interpretation of the Holdich Agreement (green). The map is signed by Captain Guy Bomford, Royal Engineers and Superintendent of the Survey of India.
The map is referred to in a copy of a secret letter from Bomford to the Surveyor General of India, dated 7 June 1932 (ff 113-114).
- Extent and format
- 1 map
- Area map covers
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- Scale
- 1:253,440
- Scale designator
- Horizontal
- Orientation
- North
- Degree coordinates
- Top-left: 30° 0' 43.2" N, 60° 45' 15.84" E
Top-right: 30° 0' 43.2" N, 62° 0' 24.48" E
Bottom-left: 28° 30' 26.28" N, 60° 45' 15.84" E
Bottom-right: 28° 30' 26.28" N, 62° 0' 24.48" E - It is part of
- 658 imagesRef: IOR/L/PS/12/3425
- Physical characteristics
Dimensions: 670 x 475 mm, on sheet 760 x 550 mm.
Materials: ink on parchment.
- 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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- Archive reference
- IOR/L/PS/12/3425, f 119
- Former external reference(s)
- PZ 4266/32
- Date(s)
- 1932 (CE, Gregorian)
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- IOR/L/PS/12/3425, f 119
- Title
- ‘Part of Perso-Baluch Frontier’
- Pages
- 119r:119v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Public Domain