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08 - Persia and Borders of Turkey and Afghanistan

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08 - Persia and Borders of Turkey and Afghanistan

Map of Persia [now Iran] and borders of Asiatic Turkey and Afghanistan, compiled by the Military & Topographical Department of the Caucasus Military District, published at Tiflis [now Tbilisi] 1886. Scale 20 virst to [1 inch]; all text is in Russian. The fourteen individual maps are parts of a larger whole with several maps featuring sections of the Trans-Persian Railroad. Each is numbered with a letter followed by a roman numeral, viz: 1. A IX Caspian Sea 2. A VIII Caspian Sea 3. A IX Ashkabad 4. A X Afghanistan 5. B VI Title page and key to the maps, the second B VI shows River Tigris and Kurdistan 6. B VII Persian Gulf 7. B VIII Persian Gulf 8. B X Pakistan 9. C VIII Afghanistan border 10. C IX Persia 11. D IX Strait of Hormoz 12. G VI Iraq and Syrian Arabian desert 13. Numbered with letter from Russian alphabet followed by VII, shows Iraq 14. Numbered as above followed by X, shows Afghanistan

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Reference Number: MP/08

Description: Map of Persia [now Iran] and borders of Asiatic Turkey and Afghanistan, compiled by the Military & Topographical Department of the Caucasus Military District, published at Tiflis [now Tbilisi] 1886.Scale 20 virst to [1 inch]; all text is in Russian.The fourteen individual maps are parts of a larger whole with several maps featuring sections of the Trans-Persian Railroad. Each is numbered with a letter followed by a roman numeral, viz:1. A IX Caspian Sea 2. A VIII Caspian Sea 3. A IX Ashkabad 4. A X Afghanistan 5. B VI Title page and key to the maps, the second B VI shows River Tigris and Kurdistan 6. B VII Persian Gulf 7. B VIII Persian Gulf 8. B XPakistan 9. C VIII Afghanistan border 10. C IX Persia 11. D IX Strait of Hormoz 12. G VI Iraq and Syrian Arabian desert 13. Numbered with letter from Russian alphabet followed by VII, shows Iraq 14. Numbered as above followed by X, shows Afghanistan