‘RECONNAISSANCE SURVEY OF S.-E. BAKHTIARI COUNTRY, MAY 1891’
Mss Eur F112/397, f 2
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The record is made up of 1 map sheet. It was created in 1891. 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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Four cross section maps on one sheet, produced as part of a reconnaissance survey of south-east Bakhtiari [Bakhtiyārī] country. Surveyed by Assistant Surveyor Imam Sharif, Khan Bahadur [Imām Sharīf, Khān Bahādur], Survey of India Department; superintended and assisted by Lieutenant William Daniel McSwiney, 7th Dragoon Guards.
Four cross section maps on one sheet, which are shown as follows:
- ‘I’, labelled as ‘Section Dizful [Dezful] to Pul-i-Kul’
- ‘II’, labelled as ‘Section Dizful to Kala Bazuft’
- ‘III’, labelled as ‘Section Shustar [Shushtar] to Kala Bazuft (Via, Lali, Mushgari and Susan)’
- ‘IV’, labelled as ‘Section Shustar to Kala Bazuft (Via, Sar i Shah and Chilau)’.
The sections note place names and their height above sea level. The vertical scale is stated as ‘1 Inch = 6000 feet’. The horizontal scale is stated as being ‘1 Inch = 8 Miles’.
- Extent and format
- 1 map sheet
- Scale
- 1:583672
- Scale designator
- Horizontal
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- 90 imagesRef: Mss Eur F112/397
- Physical characteristics
Materials: Printed on paper
Dimensions: 379 x 382mm, on sheet 516 x 681mm
- 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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- Mss Eur F112/397, f 2
- Date(s)
- 1891 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Mss Eur F112/397, f 2
- Title
- ‘RECONNAISSANCE SURVEY OF S.-E. BAKHTIARI COUNTRY, MAY 1891’
- Pages
- 2r:2v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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