'Tabriz'. With manuscript additions

Content

Geographical Section, General Staff No. 2555, sheet North J-38, Tabriz, Provisional Edition bearing the imprint 'Compiled at the Royal Geographical Society under the direction of the Geographical Section General Staff. Drawn and printed at the War Office. 1916.'

Covers an area of up to 200 miles radius of Tabriz in north-western Persia [Iran], extending northwards into present-day Armenia and Azerbaijan. The printed map portrays hydrology, relief by contours and spot heights A point on a map at which the height of the land is recorded. , railways, roads and tracks, settlements, telegraphs, post and telegraph offices, place names, and international and internal boundaries. A copy of this printed map is held at Maps MOD GSGS 2555; versions printed with gradient tints (see manuscript additions below) are held at Maps 46820.(185.) and Maps MOD GSGS 2555.

Manuscript additions provide gradient tints, a route leading south from Tabriz and the underlining of a small number of settlements.

The map bears the accession stamp, recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. and verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. , of the Director of Military Intelligence, War Office, 7 April 1920.

Extent and format

1 map sheet

Area map covers

Map loading...

Scale

Scale 1:1,000,000

Scale designator

Horizontal

Orientation

North

Projection Any method by which the earth’s curved surface may be transposed (or projected) on to a flat surface.

Projection Any method by which the earth’s curved surface may be transposed (or projected) on to a flat surface. of the International Map

Degree coordinates

Top-left: 40° 0' 0" N, 42° 0' 0" E
Top-right: 40° 0' 0" N, 48° 0' 0" E
Bottom-left: 36° 0' 0" N, 42° 0' 0" E
Bottom-right: 36° 0' 0" N, 48° 0' 0" E

It is part of

Maps and Associated Documents Relating to the Post-war Realignment of Boundaries in the Former Ottoman Empire

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Ref: Mss Eur F112/570

Physical characteristics

Materials: Printed in colour, with manuscript additions in coloured ink, watercolour and crayon, on paper (backed with linen)

Dimensions: 445 x 540mm, on sheet 663 x 683mm

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Map

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

Mss Eur F112/570, f 41

History of this record

Date(s)

1916-1920 (CE, Gregorian)

Places

PersiaArmeniaAzerbaijanTabriz

People & organisations

War OfficeRoyal Geographical Society

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'Tabriz'. With manuscript additions, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, Mss Eur F112/570, f 41, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100140102009.0x000015> [accessed 24 June 2026]

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