'Persia and Afghanistan. 7. Feb. 1919.'

Content

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.

Extent and format

1 map sheet and 1 folio

Area map covers

Map loading...

Scale

Scale 1:4,055,040

Scale designator

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

It is part of

Maps Showing the Disposition of Troops in the Eastern Ottoman Empire and Surrounding Areas between 1919 and 1922

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Ref: Mss Eur F112/571

Physical characteristics

Materials: Printed, with manuscript annotations in coloured ink and crayon

Dimensions: 262 x 764mm, on sheet 316 x 896mm

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 F112/571, ff 1-1a

History of this record

Date(s)

1919-1920 (CE, Gregorian)

Places

PersiaAfghanistanAzerbaijanTranscaspiaRussian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic

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