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6 items extracted from FO 881/8925. Middle East: Ottoman Empire; Persia. (1) 'Reproduction...
Catalogue reference: MFQ 1/63
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MFQ 1/63
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1833-1912
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6 items extracted from FO 881/8925. Middle East: Ottoman Empire; Persia. (1) 'Reproduction of Turkish map of the Turco-Persian frontier' (area now in Turkey, Iran and Iraq), showing alleged ancient frontier now claimed by Turkey as the eastern limit of the debatable land; debatable land as defined by the Anglo-Russian commission of 1849-1855. Also shows the line of 'status quo' referred to in temporary line of agreement 3 August 1869, and the places in which Persians are alleged to have infringed the 'status quo'. Reference table. Scale: 1 inch to 16 miles. Compass indicator. Lithographed by Harrison & Sons, St. Martins Lane. Accompanying despatch from Lieutenant J A Douglas, to Sir C Spring-Rice, transmitted as enclosure number 1 with Spring-Rice's number 240 of 9 November 1906. (2) 'Draft of frontier places of Turkey and Persia [now Iran]'. 'Appendix A. Map communicated to the Erzeroum Commission by the Ottoman Commission in 1843'. Map showing the boundaries of possession and those claimed by Turkey. Reference table and key No scale shown. The area shown is now in Turkey, Iran and Iraq. (3) 'Map of Mohammerah [now Khorramshahr in Iran] and district prepared in 1850', showing proposed Turkish line, proposed Persian line and mediating commissioner's line. The area shown is now in Iran and Iraq. Reference table. Scale: about 1 inch to 18.5 miles (1:1203840 calculated). Lithographed by Harrison & Sons, St. Martins Lane. Appendix by Mr Parker on the Turco-Persian Boundary Question (1833-1906), 8 December 1906. (4) 'Sketch of the province of Zohab'. Showing the line proposed by the mediating commission, and the lines claimed by the Persian commission and the Ottoman commission. Reference tableand key. Scale: 1 inch to 2 miles [1:126720]. Compass indicator. The area shown is now in Iran and Iraq. (5) 'Map of part of the Turko-Persian frontier', between Baneh and Oshnoriyeh showing frontier zone as laid down by Colonel Williams and Colonel Tchirikoff. Reference table. Scale: 1 inch to 20 miles (1:1267200 calculated). Map extends beyond border in lower right corner. Lithographed by Harrison & Sons, St. Martins Lane. Appendix D of 'Memorandum by Mr. Parker on the Turco-Persian Boundary Question (1833-1906)', 8 December 1906. Reduced from Anglo-Russian Identic Map completed in 1869 (communicated to the Ottoman Government in 1869, and to the Persian Government in 1870). The area shown is now in Iran and Iraq. (6) 'General map showing approximately the Turco-Persian frontier', in area between the Persian Gulf and the Black Sea. Lithographed by Harrison & Sons, St. Martins Lane. Appendix E of 'Memorandum by Mr. Parker on the Turco-Persian Boundary Question (1833-1906)', 8 December 1906. The area shown is now in Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Georgia and Armenia. Dimensions of sheets: (1) 82 cm x 52.5 cm; (2) 31.5 cm x 17.5 cm; (3) 30.5 cm x 18 cm; (4) 40.5 cm x 43 cm; (5) 29 cm x 34 cm; (6) 22 cm x 16 cm.
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