7 items extracted from FO 65/1442 1885; 1888; 1892.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Foreign Office.

Adam Matthew Digital (Firm), digitiser.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2021.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Comprises: 'Map of the sources of the Amoo-Daria [now Amu Darya River]. Drawn up before the [Russian] interpolated here in pencil Military-Topographical Staff according to the latest information 1885.' Reference table. Scale: 1 inch to 30 versts (about 20 miles). Originally enclosed in Sir R Morier's despatch number 259 of 26 October 1892. No.125 [Indian] Intelligence Branch 'Skeleton map to illustrate operations against the Hazaras showing approximate disposition of Amir's troops August 1892'. The area shown is now in Afghanistan. Scale: 1 inch to 24 miles. Compass indicator. Originally enclosed with 'Afghanistan, Baluchistan, Kashmir, Chitral, Gilgit, Pamirs and North-West Frontier Diary for August 1892' transmitted by Commander-in-Chief, India, to Intelligence Branch, War Office, 31 August 1892. No.121 [Indian] Intelligence Branch 'Rough map prepared by the ex-Badshah of Kunar to show the Limits of his Territory prior to the Afghan War.' The area shown is north and east of Jalalabad and is now in Afghanistan and India. Reference table. No scale shown. Compass indicator. Signed by Sayyd Mahmud, formerly Hakim of Kunar, 6 August 1892. Originally an enclosure in a letter from the Commissioner and Superintendent, Peshawar Division, to Punjab Government, 12 August 1892, forwarded to the Secretary of State for India in despatch number 177, 13 September 1892. 'Pamir Frontier. Portion of map of the Chinese Empire (by Matusovsky) - printed by the Russian Imperial Geographical Academy St Petersburg 1888'. Scale: 1 inch to 125 versts (about 80 miles). Compass indicator. The area shown extends from approximately 42°E to 60°E (from a meridian based on St Petersburg) and from 33°N to 54°N and is now in Tajikistan, Afghanistan, China and Kashmir. Despite the title, this map is hand drawn and coloured. (6) 'Pamir Frontier'. Map showing the frontiers of the Pamir region as depicted on Russian, English and Chinese maps. Reference table. No scale shown. Dimensions: (5) 44 cm x 34 cm; (6) 25 cm x 34 cm.

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AMDigital Reference:MFQ 1/18

Central Asia, Persia and Afghanistan, 1834-1922: From Silk Road to Sovet Rule

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