Summary
"In the early 1880s, Great Britain (which at that time effectively controlled the foreign policy of Afghanistan) and the Russian Empire opened negotiations to define the northern border of Afghanistan. The two sides formed a Joint Boundary Commission, which began work in the fall of 1885. By January 1888, the commission had set up 79 boundary markers along the 630-kilometer frontier from the Du'l-Feqar Pass to the Amudar'ya River. This annotated map of the western half of Afghanistan shows the route taken by the British (i.e., Indian) half of the commission from Quetta in British India to Herat, where it set up its headquarters, and further north where the survey work was undertaken. Colored lines are used to indicate "Boundary as actually demarcated," "Boundary as required by the Russians," and "Boundary as required by the Afghans.

"The author referred to in the title of the map is most likely Sir Joseph West Ridgeway (1844-1930), who succeeded Sir Peter Stark Lumsden as the head of the Indian side of the commission and played a large role in both the survey work and in negotiations concerning the border with the Russian government in Saint Petersburg." World Digital Library.

Created / Published
[N.p., 1885?]

Headings
- Afghanistan--Boundaries--Soviet Union--Maps
- Soviet Union--Boundaries--Afghanistan--Maps
- Afghanistan
- Soviet Union

Notes
- Also shows by colored line "Boundary as actually demarcated," "Boundary as required by the Russians," and "Boundary as required by the Afghans."
- Includes "Enlarged sketch of Kilat-I-Nadari," ca. 1:506,880.
- LC copy annotated in orange, red, green, and yellow ink.
- Relief shown by hachures.
- Shows western half of Afghanistan, "Russian Dominions," "Persia," and "Beluchistan."
- Scale 1:2,027,520; 1 in. = 32 miles.
- Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
- AACR2

Medium
map 70 x 62 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location
G7631.F2 1885 .M3

Repository
Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu

Digital Id
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g7631f.ct001042

Library of Congress Control Number
76692168

Online Format
image

LCCN Permalink
https://lccn.loc.gov/76692168

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