Imprint:Published by James Horsburgh, Hydrographer to the East India Company.Distinctive Features:Relief shown by shading. Depth shown by soundings.Nautical chart of the northern shores of the Persian Gulf showing the coastline east of Shatt al-Arab to Bushire [Bushehr] compiled from the surveys carried out by the Bombay Marine’s officers between 1820 and 1829.Shows sandbanks and rock hazards; location of ruins and old entrance of Indian River marked.1 mapDimensions:504 x 599 mm, on sheet 565 x 777 mm
Imprint:General Staff India.Distinctive Features:Sketch map issued as an ‘Appendix B (1) Serial No. 12 D
2’ to illustrate British military operations on the Euphrates River from 26 June to 25
July 1915. Shows swamps and inundated fields with position for safe landing
marked.Marked ‘For Official Use Only’.In the left-hand corner: ‘S.D.O. No. 1356, September,
1915’.1 mapDimensions:200 x 330
mm
Imprint:Berlin, published by Dietrich Reimer and engraved by Heinrich Mahlmann.Edition statement:Third edition; compiled and prepared by Dr. Heinrich Kiepert.5 maps
Relief shown by hachures; Cross sections inset on sheets 1, 2, and 6; Inset on sheet 6: Vue perspective du Versant occidental de la Chaîne des Montagnes de toute la Région du Sinaï.Scale: 1:510,000
Map showing the area of Bahrain that the crude oil pipe line was proposed to traverse. The pipeline runs from the west coast of Bahrain between Kuraiya [Al Qurayyah] and Jasra [Al Jasrah] to the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO)'s refinery on the west coast near Nuwaidrat [An Nuwaydirāt].The pipeline is marked by two parallel ink lines and coloured red. Its direction is marked using longitute and latitude co-ordinates and distances in feet. Additional longitute and latitude markers are included near the village of Buri [Būrī] to show where the route had been revised.A legend includes a dotted line showing gardens, a dashed line showing roads and a longer dashed line showing the boundary of BAPCO's concession area.1 Map Sheet.Foliation: A pencil number enclosed in a circle is located in the top right hand corner of the recto of the folio.Materials: Parchment sheetDimensions: 440mm x 1010mm
Map showing the area of Bahrain that the crude oil pipe line was proposed to traverse. The pipeline runs from the west coast of Bahrain between Kuraiya [Al Qurayyah] and Jasra [Al Jasrah] to the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO)'s refinery on the west coast near Nuwaidrat [An Nuwaydirāt]. The pipeline is marked by two parallel ink lines and its direction is marked using longitute and latitude co-ordinates and distances in feet.A legend includes a dotted line showing gardens, a dashed line showing roads and a longer dashed line showing the boundary of BAPCO's concession area.1 Map Sheet.Foliation: A pencil number enclosed in a circle is located in the top right hand corner of the recto of the folio.Materials: Parchment sheetDimensions: 250mm x 1010mm
The map shows Mesopotamia and the Turco-Persian frontier with the main rivers and cities. A red line indicates the principal pilgrim route from Hamadan, Persia, to Nejef.1 mapMaterials: Printed on paper.Dimensions: 330 x 200mm.
The map shows the Shatt-ul-Arab [Shatt al-Arab] waterway with the frontier line between Turkey and Persia show in red ink.1 mapMaterials: Printed on paper.Dimensions: 330 x 200mm.
Distinctive Features:Relief shown by hachures and spot heights.Title continues: ‘Zu C. Ritter’s Erdkunde, Buch III, West-Asien, Theil XII. Bearbeitet von H. Kiepert, herausgegeben von C. Ritter. Berlin, 1852 Verlag von Dietrich Reimer’.Map of Hedjaz [Hejaz] province showing various routes including the Hajj pilgrimage, Carsten Niebuhr exploration journey, and J.G. Hulton and Charles J. Cruttenden expedition of 1836.In the bottom right-hand corner there is a table of reference listing Arabic geographic terms with German equivalents and abbreviations.Includes two insets:• plan of Mecca entitled ‘Mekka nach Burckhardt’ drawn to scale 1:30,000 with districts numbered and listed in a table of reference; • map of peninsula and the port of Aden entitled ‘Halbinsel und Hafen von Aden’ drawn to scale 1:200,000 with depths shown by contours.1 mapDimensions:491 x 349 mm, on sheet 584 x 476 mm
'Four maps from "Voyages d\'Ali Bey el Abbassi en Afrique et en Asiependant les années 1803180418051806 et 1807" by Spanish explorer Ali Bey el Abbassi (Domènec Francesc Jordi Badia i Leblich).'
Distinctive Features:Space in the first line of title left blank.Includes ground plan and ‘PLAN OF TERRE PLEIN’ of Ras-Morbat Fort with corresponding longitudinal sections and elevations. Lettered for reference with a key in the bottom right-hand corner. Measurements reported.Inscriptions:On recto, bottom left-hand corner: ‘Isthmus Office July 15th 1846 Drawn by F. Welsh’.‘Copied in the Chief Engrs. Office Bombay 26th September 1846’.On recto, bottom center: ‘/Signed/ J. Kilner Captain Executive Engineer Aden’.On verso, bottom left-hand corner with bleed-through into the recto:‘In Bombay Secret Lre. No. 113 of 1846 Recd. via Southampton 10th Novr. 1846 Aden Fortifications’.1 sheetMaterials:Pen and ink with wash on tracing paperDimensions:695 x 1022 mm
Distinctive Features:Relief shown by hachures.Title continues: ‘Zu C. Ritter’s Erdkunde, Buch III, West-Asien, Theil XII, XIII; bearbeitet von H. Kiepert, herausgegeben von C. Ritter. Berlin, 1852 Verlag von D. Reimer’.General map of Arabian Peninsula based on Carl Ritter’s ‘Die Erdkunde im Verhältnis zur Natur und zur Geschichte des Menschen’ [Geography in relationship to nature and to the history of humanity] showing various routes across the region including the Hajj pilgrimage, Captain George Forster Sadlier’s expedition of 1819 and George August Wallin‘s journey of 1848. Provinces and regions labelled with boundary coloured for reference.Includes inset map entitled ‘Oman’ showing Maskat [Muscat] with routes traversed by Pierre-Martin-Rémi Aucher-Eloy and James Raymond Wellsted marked. In the bottom right-hand corner there is a table of reference listing Arabic geographic terms with German equivalents and abbreviations.1 mapDimensions:353 x 475 mm, on sheet 742 x 580 mm
Distinctive Features:Relief shown by hachures.Title continues: ‘Zu C. Ritter’s Erdkunde, Buch III, West-Asien, Theil VIII, IX. Bearbeitet von H. Kiepert, herausgegeben von C. Ritter. Berlin, 1852 Verlag von D. Reimer’.Map of Iran showing territorial extent of the Ottoman, the Russian and the British sphere of influence in the region with borders outlined in colour and explained in a key in the bottom left-hand corner below title. Also shows the boundaries between provinces and various routes across the region.1 mapDimensions:462 x 490 mm, on sheet 478 x 584 mm
A map of the Eastern Persian Gulf that was compiled by Commander C G Constable and Lieutenant A W Stiffe in 1860. Corrections made by Commander F H Walter, HMS
Odinand Lieutenant H T Bowen, HMS
Alertin 1910. This version was printed by the Admiralty in 1929. Engraved by J & C Walker.The map has major settlements and relief marked, with water depth shown by soundings. An area of a proposed Royal Navy survey is marked in pink on the map.The map has detailed inserts showing the shore lines of Charak, Kais, Ras al-Khaimah, Hor [Khor] Fakkan, Abu Dhabi and Chiru.1 mapMaterials: Printed on paperDimensions: 1,100mm x 820mm
A map of the Eastern Persian Gulf that was compiled by Commander C G Constable and Lieutenant Arthur William Stiffe in 1860. Corrections made by Commander Frederic H Walter, HMS Odin and Lieutenant H T Bowen, HMS Alert in 1910. This version was printed by the Admiralty in 1934. Engraved by J & C Walker.The maps has major settlements and relief marked, with water depth shown by soundings. An area of a proposed Royal Navy survey is marked in pink on the map.The map has detailed inserts showing the shore lines of Charak, Kais, Ras al-Khaimah, Hor [Khor] Fakkan, Abu Dhabi and Chiru.1 mapMaterials: Printed on paperDimensions: 1,100mm x 820mm
Hydrographic Office map showing the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman, with a number of inset maps (including Doha and Abu Dhabi), and views of the coast and islands from the sea. Compiled from surveys by Captain John Michael Guy and Captain George Barnes Brucks, 1821-29, and by Commander Charles Golding Constable and Lieutenant ArthurWilliam Stiffe, 1860, with additions and corrections from surveys by Commander Henry Boyle Townshend Somerville 1903, Commander FH Walter, 1910, Lieutenant HT Bowen, 1910, and Commander Arthur Guy Norris Wyatt, Lieutenant-Commander DH Fryer and Commander A Day, HM Surveying ship
Ormonde, 1930-33.Soundings given in fathoms. Settlements marked, and some indication of relief.Map shows median line (in red); land frontiers and extensions to median line (red dotted line); 20 fathom line (in green); and 10 fathom line (green dotted line). This information is given in a legend at the top centre of the map.No scale given for main map; scale of insets varies.1 mapMaterials: printed on paper.Dimensions: 490 x 640mm, on sheet 520 x 700mm.
A map indicating the location of one buoy in the vicinity of Kishm in the Persian Gulf. The buoy is marked in manuscript on an inset map entitled 'Kishm and Parts Adjacent', with corresponding arrows drawn in the upper and left margins.The base map on which the buoy is indicated is Admiralty chart 2837a, 'Published at the Admiralty 1st. May 1862', 'Small corrections... III-1907'.A hand stamp on the verso reads, 'British India Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. Received 19 Aug. 1908'.1 mapMaterials: Printed on paper with manuscript additions in coloured inkDimensions: 975 x 637mm, on sheet 1023 x 680mm
Admiralty Hydrographic Office chart showing the principal points, islands, and landmarks of the (eastern) Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman, compiled by Commander C G Constable and Lieutenant Arthur William Stiffe between September 1857 and March 1860, with intervening coast and soundings supplied from the surveys of Captain J M Guy and Captain George Barnes Brucks in 1821-29. Published at the Admiralty in 1862, with small and large corrections to 1899. Engraved by J and C Walker. Inset: Kishm [Qeshm], Kais [Kish], Henjam [Hengām], Charak [Bandar-e Chārak], Abu Thabi [Abu Dhabi], and Khor Fakan [Khawr Fakkān].No scale given for the main map. The scale of the insets varies.Annotated in red crayon to show territory of Trucial Chiefs [Trucial Coast].Inscribed on recto: 'Pol. 716/1900'.Inscribed on verso: 'D42'.1 mapMaterials: printed on paper.Dimensions: 970 x 630mm, on sheet 100 x 660mm.
Admiralty Hydrographic Office chart showing the principal points, islands, and landmarks of the (eastern) Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman, compiled by Commander C G Constable and Lieutenant Arthur William Stiffe in 1860, with intervening coast and soundings supplied from the surveys of Captain J M Guy and Captain George Barnes Brucks in 1821-29. Published at the Admiralty in 1862, with small and large corrections to 1900. Engraved by J and C Walker. Inset: Kishm [Qeshm], Kais [Kish], Henjam [Hengām], Charak [Bandar-e Chārak], Abu Thabi [Abu Dhabi], and Khor Fakan [Khawr Fakkān].No scale given for the main map. The scale of the insets varies.Marked in red to show approximate limit of pearling ground.1 mapMaterials: Printed on paper.Dimensions: 980 x 650mm on sheet 1080 x 690mm.
Pencil and ink sketch map of the island of Abu Mussa [Abū Mūsá]. The island’s coastline is marked in blue pencil. A number of features on the island are marked and annotated in German, including: an Arabic flag; the locations of two mines; an anchorage and loading point; heaps of red oxide. The map was possibly used in conjunction with a letter, from Shaikh Segger bin Kalet [Ṣaqr bin Khālid Āl Qāsimī] to Hage Hassan bin Ali Somey [Haji Hassan bin Ali Samaiyeh] (translation in the enclosing volume, folios 177-178) containing instructions for the collection of red oxide from Abu Mussa by the steamer
Louise.1 mapDimensions:200 x 285 mm.Materials:Pencil and pen on paper.
Distinctive Features:Relief shown by contours.Tracing showing the oxide iron sites and mines, numbered for reference with explanation in the upper left-hand corner and an annotation ‘Originally favoured by Major Cox with additions by Capt. Moore S/S Gulistan. Abu Musa 19th June 1909’ in the upper right.1 mapMaterials:Pen and ink with additions in blue crayon on tracing paperDimensions:261 x 240 mm
The map shows the area of Southern Iraq around Zubair and Basra. The map indicates hydrology (of the Euphrates River), settlements, roads, vegetation and provides some indication of relief.Published by the General Staff India under the direction of Colonel Sir S G Burrard, KCSI, RE, FRS, Surveyor General of India, 1916.1 mapMaterials: Printed on paperDimensions: 460mm x 570mm
Sketch map attached to a report by Bertram Thomas related to the slave trade dated 23 August 1929. Shows Yal Sa'ad country with settlements labelled and boundaries indicated by red dotted lines.1 mapMaterials: Pen and ink on paperDimensions: 210 x 337 mm
This map shows the territory of Kuwait and associated routes topographic heights in feet. The map also shows the location of the Kuwait Oil Company's base of operations, indicated as 'Camp' in the map legend.1 MapMaterials: Bromide on Manuscript with coloured ink.Dimensions: 313 x 353mm
Imprint:Published under the direction of Major-General H.L. Thuillier, C.S.I.-F.R.S., Surveyor General of India, Surveyor General’s Office, Calcutta. December 1877. Photozincographed under the Superintendence of Capt.n. J. Waterhouse.Edition statement:‘Compiled from the most authentic materials available in the Office of the Surveyor General of India, Calcuta, May 1876. With Corrections to November 1877’.Distinctive Features:Relief shown by shading. Boundaries coloured for reference with a key at the bottom left. Routes of various expeditions shown with names of explorers and dates of their journeys given. Notations on topographic features inserted on the map. Shows Telegraph Cable laid in 1864, Indus Valley State Railway, and Sind Punjab and Delhi Railway lines. Includes ‘List of Authorities Consulted in the Compilation of this map’.Inscriptions:In the lower centre above imprint, black faded ink: ‘A.A. 28-10’.1 map on 2 sheetsDimensions:779 x 1050 mm, on sheet 860 x 1108 mm
The sheet contains a section map: Isfahān—Urūjān [Borūjen]—Ardal—Gurāb—Bāzuft—Chilau in Bakhtiāri Country, south-western Persia. It is found in the
Military Report on S. W. Persia, Vol. III. Bakhtiāri Country North of Kārūn Rivercompiled in the Division of the Chief of the Staff, Army Head Quarters, India. It show a cross-sectional view of the route.The map includes a printing statement which reads 'I. B. Topo. Dy. No 8,170. Exd. C. J. A., July 1909. No. 4,907-I., 1909.'.Vertical scale: 1:72,0001 mapMaterials: Printed on paperDimensions: 210 x 639mm
The sheet contains a section map: Isfahān—Deh Kurd [Dehie Kord]—'Alī Kūh—Charī—Bāzuft—Chilau in Bakhtiāri Country, south-western Persia. It is found in the
Military Report on S. W. Persia, Vol. III. Bakhtiāri Country North of Kārūn Rivercompiled in the Division of the Chief of the Staff, Army Head Quarters, India. It show a cross-sectional view of the route.The map includes a printing statement which reads 'I. B. Topo. Dy. No 8,170. Exd. C. J. A., July 1909. No. 4,907-I., 1909.'.Vertical scale: 1:72,0001 mapMaterials: Printed on paperDimensions: 210 x 639mm
The map shows a region of eastern Africa around Obokh [Obock] at the northern entrance to the Gulf of Tajura, indicating buildings, hydrology, soundings and navigation lights, with short descriptions of vegetation and tidal conditions, and a brief note on the visibility of buoys. The map was compiled 'From French Government Surveys.'Sheet 'No. 696-I., 95.' appears in the lower margin, and a printing statement reads, 'Intelligence Branch. Topographical. Dy. No. 1,163. Exd. C.J.A., March 1895.' A hand stamp reads, 'Intelligence Division 15 Jan 1896'.1 mapMaterials: Printed on paperDimensions: 110 x 170mm, on sheet 510 x 565mm
This map shows various interpretations of the boundary between Muscat-controlled Gwadar and the state of Kalat. The boundary lines, drawn in ink, crayon and pencil, are accompanied by printed and handwritten notes in the bottom right-hand corner.Also indicated on the map are settlements, landmarks, and hydrology. The map includes the following printing statement: 'Printed at the Survey of India Offices (H.L.O.).' Another statement at the top of the map indicates that the map was originally enclosed in a memorandum from the Government of India's External Affairs Department, November 1946. The scale is given as 1 inch = 2 miles.1 mapMaterials: Printed on paper with manuscript additions in ink, crayon and pencil.Dimensions: 727 x 1137mm, on sheet 855 x 2018mm.
Tracing of parts of Admiralty chart 2837.B. showing tracks and positions in the course of an aerial reconnaissance of the Qatar Peninsula on 11 October 1935 by Squadron Leader J H Dand, Air Headquarters, British Forces in Iraq, Hinaidi. There is a report on the reconnaissance at IOR/R/15/2/159, folios 18-20.Inscribed: 'Secret'.Lists: Qasr al Salwa; Conical Hill; Sakak; Ambak; Point A; Point B; Point C; and Western Point of Lake al Amra, with latitude and longitude included for each.Attached to the map is a note on the line of the reconnaissance by Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Gordon Loch.1 mapDimensions: 480 x 390 mm.Foliation: the folio number, 21, is written in pencil, enclosed in a circle, and appears in the top right corner of the recto side of the folio. A previous foliation number has been crossed out.Condition: a portion of the lower right centre of the map is missing.
Distinctive Features:Outline map of the Qatar Peninsula copied from the British Admiralty Chart No. 2837b and enclosed with a copy of Report on the Air Reconnaissance carried out over Qatar on 11 October 1935 (folios 72-73). Classified ‘Secret’.Shows the reconnaissance route with direction indicated. Contains a table with place names and coordinates listed.1 mapMaterials:Photographic printDimensions:452 x 361 mm, on sheet 490 x 384 mm
Distinctive Features:Blueprint sketch map dated 18 December 1935 produced by the Bahrein Petroleum Company, enclosed in a letter no. PA-333 (folio 42).Shows the proposed reservation of land for the refinery at Sitrah, Bahrain, including a ‘central line’ representing intended road and pipelines from the refinery site to Sitrah Loading Terminal with distances and measurements reported. The description of land in question provided in the letter.1 mapMaterials:Blueprint on tracing paperDimensions:261 x 390 mm, on sheet 278 x 400 mm
Imprint:General Staff India.Distinctive Features:View of Gurmah Safha issued as an ‘Appendix H-1’ to
illustrate British military operations on the Euphrates River from 26 June to 25 July
1915 showing the position of enemy forces with landmarks labelled for reference.Below title: ‘Gurmah Safha Channel leading to R.
Euphrates, from a point about 2000 yards from R. Euphrates’.Marked ‘For Official Use Only’.In the left-hand corner: ‘S.D.O. No. 1355, September,
1915’.1 viewDimensions:250 x 215
mm
Imprint:General Staff India.Distinctive Features:View of Gurmah Safha issued as an ‘Appendix H’ to
illustrate British military operations on the Euphrates River from 26 June to 25 July
1915 showing the position of enemy forces with landmarks labelled for reference.Marked ‘For Official Use Only’.In the left-hand corner: ‘S.D.O. No. 1354, September,
1915’.1 mapDimensions:240 x 420
mm
Imprint:Published by James Horsburgh, Hydrographer to the East India Company.Distinctive Features:Relief shown by hachures. Depth shown by soundings.Nautical chart of the coast of the Gulf of Oman compiled from the surveys carried out by the Bombay Marine’s officers between 1820 and 1829, with Al Batinah region labelled ‘Extensive track of hilly country’.1 mapDimensions:500 x 720 mm, on sheet 562 x 770 mm
Map produced by the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO), originally dated 18 May 1939. Shows new information in red (reconnaissance survey, 25-27 May 1939).Shows Bahrein [Bahrain] and coasts of Qatar, and Hasa [Saudi Arabia].A letter from the Political Agent, Bahrain (Hugh Weightman) to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Sir Trenchard Craven William Fowle), on folios 70-74, relates to the map.1 mapMaterials: blueprint on tracing paper, with additions in wash and red ink.Dimensions: 2210 x 940mm, on sheet 2220 x 950mm.
The map relates to letter No. 126 - S from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf to the India Office dated 18 January 1947, with enclosure (folios 179-198).Map prepared by the Bahrain Petroleum Company from Admiralty charts and other information on record showing Bahrain, the coasts of Saudi Arabia and Qatar, and waters to the north, with shoals and reefs mapped in detail.Inscribed in blue crayon: 'Map No. 2'.Marked on verso: 'BAHRAIN Island (in detail)' and 'BAHREIN-QATAR line'.Recommendations for the division of waters between Bahrain and Qatar are marked with red and blue lines.1 map sheetMaterials: blueprint on paperDimensions: 2210 x 960mm
The map seems to relate to letter No. C/PA-247 from the Chief Local Representative, The Bahrain Petroleum Company, to the Political Agent, Bahrain dated 13 May 1946 (folio 267).Map prepared by the Bahrain Petroleum Company from Admiralty charts and other information on record showing Bahrain, the coasts of Saudi Arabia and Qatar, and waters to the north, with shoals and reefs mapped in detail.The map is marked with reference points lettered A-J corresponding to locations for structure drilling operations as set out in the letter on folio 267, and green and red lines described as 'Hay's Line' and 'Galloway's Line' showing the proposed division of territorial waters between Bahrain and Qatar.1 mapMaterials: copy of blueprint on paperDimensions: 620 x 420mm
The maps shows the north-eastern tip of Bahrain island, primarily al Menama [Manamah] and Muharrak [Muharraq]. The map indicates vegetation, settlements, buildings and the location of proposed British naval facilities (some of which have been marked in pencil directly on to the map).1 mapMaterials: printed on paperDimensions: 330mm x 230mm
Imprint:N.S. (P.D.) April 1933.Distinctive Features:Sketch map compiled from the Admiralty Chart No. 3540 showing the proposed location of the British naval base at Al Jufayr, Bahrain, attached to a letter no. P.D. 04289/33 dated 1 May 1933 (folios 114-115).Classified ‘Secret’. The land owned by the Government indicated by a dotted line with position of proposed causeway and piers marked and pencil additions indicating proposed site for the base and recreation grounds.1 mapDimensions:290 x 206 mm, on sheet 330 x 245 mm
The map shows part of Bahrein [Bahrain] Island including al Menama [Manama] and Muharrak [Muharraq]. Inscribed 'N.S.(P.D.) April 1937'. A note states that 'The area enclosed by the dotted line is Government land'. The map includes manuscript annotations in red ink signed by JGL [John Gilbert Laithwaite of the India Office]. Scale: 5 cables = 37mm.1 mapMaterials: Printed on paper with manuscript additions in red ink.Dimensions: 290 x 207mm on sheet 330 x 230mm.
Distinctive Features:Copied from drawing no. R15A and enclosed to letter from the RAF Chief Engineer (folio 12) dated 18th August 1950.Shows the land owned by the RAF and civilian air authorities with position of wireless transmitters indicated and dimensions reported. Plots outlined in colour and numbered for reference with a key provided in ‘Schedule of leased and purchased land’ at folio 13.1 mapMaterials:Photographic print with additions in black ink and crayonDimensions:663 x 782 mm, on sheet 690 x 810 mm
Distinctive Features:Blueprint prepared in the Land Department showing landing ground near Bisaitin (Busaiteen) village with plots of land labelled for reference and owners’ names given.1 mapDimensions:758 x 566 mm
Distinctive Features:Map showing landing ground near Bisaitin (Busaiteen) village with plots of land labelled for reference and owners’ names given.Blueprint prepared in the Land Department with extensive additions in black ink, and red and blue crayon indicating the proposed development at Muharraq. Approximate dimensions reported.Inscriptions:On verso in the top right-hand corner, in black ink inserted: ‘PLAN “B”’.1 mapDimensions:781 x 585
The map shows the north-west portion of the Persian Gulf. The map indicates Kuwait harbour. The map uses different coloured inks to indicate heights of water.The map bears the statement 'traced from Chart 2837. Sgd C.C. Johnson, Lieut. N.'1 mapMaterials: coloured ink on tracing linenDimensions 350 x 400mm
A map indicating the locations of four buoys and one stone beacon in Bahrein Harbour in the Persian Gulf. The buoys and beacon are marked in manuscript with corresponding arrows drawn in the right margin.The base map on which the buoys are indicated is Admiralty chart 20, 'Published at the Admiralty 15th. Augt. 1862', 'Small corrections... II-1906.'.A hand stamp on the verso reads, 'British India Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. Received 19 Aug. 1908'.1 mapMaterials: Printed on paper with manuscript additions in coloured inkDimensions: 670 x 485mm, on sheet 700 x 510mm
Distinctive Features:Hand drawn rough sketch map of the Arabian Peninsula enclosed with letter no. C-436 dated 27th December 1938, sent to Sir Trenchard Fowle, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire.Produced to illustrate the European powers involvement and control over the region in relation to arms traffic. Places of interest inserted in red ink, with estimated number of rifles and rounds, and approximate length of coastline in miles reported.1 mapMaterials:Pen and ink on paperDimensions:496 x 595 mm, on sheet 531 x 628 mm
Map published by the Royal Geographical Society. From the Geographical Journal, September 1931.Shows Bertram Thomas's 1930-31 route, and earlier routes, in red.The map accompanies a telegram from the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, London to the Political Agent, Bahrain, dated 18 November 1935 (IOR/R/15/2/159, folios 114-115), detailing the frontier to be offered by the British Government to Bin Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd]. The frontier is marked as a black line on the map, with points lettered A-H; the line is described in detail and discussed in the telegram.1 mapDimensions: 440 x 640 mm.Foliation: the folio number, 246, is written in pencil, enclosed in a circle, and appears in the top right corner of recto side of the folio. A previous foliation number has been crossed out.
Map published by the Royal Geographical Society. From the Geographical Journal, September 1931.The map depicts Bertram Thomas's 1930-31 route, and earlier routes, in red. The map indicates settlements, hydrology, and also provides some indication of relief. Also included is a table of reference for symbols used on the map.The map includes two additional lines: a line in black ink marked 'blue line' (a boundary line that formed part of the non-ratified Anglo-Ottoman Convention of 1913, and was redefined and adopted in the Anglo-Ottoman Convention of the following year), and a line in pencil outlining the suggested limits of a 'desert zone', which was considered by the British as a possible territorial concession to Saudi Arabia.Another edition of this map can be found at IOR/R/15/2/159, f 246.1 mapMaterials: Printed in colour on paper, with manuscript additions in black ink and pencil.Dimensions: 440 x 540mm, on sheet 458 x 722mm.
Imprint:London, engraved by J.&C. Walker.Distinctive Features:Title continues: ‘L.L.D. Honourable Foreigner Secretary of the Syro-Egyptian Society of London. M. Geographical Society of Paris. Corresponding Member of the Oriental Society of Germany &c. Drawn for Colonel Chesney's work on his Euphrates expedition’'From European and Oriental sources; among the latter Ibn Khordadbeh'.Relief shown by hachures.Notations concerning the regions and topography, pilgrim routes, tribes cover the face of the map.Inscriptions:On recto in the left-hand corner: ‘To [illegible] by his humble servant Wm. Plate’.1 map sheetDimensions:645 x 600 mm
Map showing aerodromes, landing grounds and seaplane anchorages in the Arabian Peninsula. The map also indicates hydrology, settlements, and boundaries.Includes the following printing statement: 'Produced under the Superintendence of Captain J.A. Edgell, O.B.E., R.N., Hydrographer.' Prepared by naval staff in the Admiralty's Naval Intelligence Division.1 mapMaterials: Printed on colour paper.Dimensions: 697 x 742mm, on sheet 767 x 808mm.
The maps shows the northern end of the Persian Gulf stretching from the bay of Kuwait in the west across to Bushire in the east. The map indicates hydrology, settlements, roads, railway lines, vegetation and provides some indication of relief. A glossary of Persian and Arabic terms used is printed below the map.Published under the direction of Brigadier H J Crouchman, DSO, MC, Surveyor General of India, 1936.1 mapMaterials: printed on paperDimensions: 505mm x 710mm
The map accompanies
The Campaign in Mesopotamia 1914-1918. Volume III, and shows portions of Iraq and Persia, indicating boundaries, cities, towns and roads. Relief is shown with hachures, and rivers and marshes are printed in blue.Prepared in the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defence, and printed at the Ordnance Survey in 1925.1 mapMaterials: Printed in colour on paperDimensions: 447 x 530mm, on sheet 570 x 657mm
A simple blueprint map of one of two areas of land in Jufair (Bahrain) bought by the British Government in 1934. The extent of the land is marked by boundary pillars.1 mapMaterials: printed on drafting clothDimensions: 320mm x 360mm
A simple blueprint map of one of two areas of land in Jufair (Bahrain) bought by the British Government in 1934. The extent of the land is marked by boundary pillars.1 mapMaterials: printed on drafting clothDimensions: 320mm x 320mm
Distinctive Features:Blueprint plan based on a provisional survey carried out on 22 July 1934 enclosed to a copy of a ‘Report on areas acquired in Bahrein’ by Major K.M. Papworth (folio 187).Shows the extent of the land designated for the Naval Base situated at Ras Al Jufair about 3 miles south of Manamah. Plots lettered for reference with explanation and characteristics provided in ‘Appendix C’ (folios 192-193). Dimensions reported.1 mapDimensions:345 x 375 mm
Distinctive Features:Blueprint plan based on a provisional survey carried out on 22 July 1934 enclosed to a copy of a ‘Report on areas acquired in Bahrein’ by Major K.M. Papworth (folio 187).Shows the extent of the land designated for the Naval Base situated at Ras Al Jufair about 3 miles south of Manamah. Dimensions reported.Characteristics including information on marking, surface and present occupation described in ‘Appendix D’ (folio 194).1 mapDimensions:350 x 351 mm
The map, compiled in 1918, shows four different frontier lines between Transjordan [Jordan] and Nejd [Najd], in the Al Jauf [Al Jawf or Al-Jouf] region of what is now Saudi Arabia, with a key explaining what each frontier line is based on.The map indicates features including hydrology, tracks or paths, and provincial boundaries. It also includes indications of relief, such as altitude tints.The map is part of the ‘International Map of the World 1:1,000,000’ series of maps, and it includes an index to adjoining sheets, an index to boundaries, and a compilation diagram.The map bears the printing statements ‘Geographical Section. General Staff, No. 2555. Published at the War Office, 1918. 2nd edition 1938’, and ‘Compiled at W.O., drawn and heliographed at O.S. and printed at W.O. 1938’.1 mapMaterials: Printed in colour on paperDimensions: On sheet 654mm x 773mm
Distinctive Features:An outline map entitled 'Chart showing the Pearl Banks along Arabian Shore of the Persian Gulf between Ras Tanura and Dabai' issued as an enclosure to Part II of Volume I of the ‘Persian Gulf Gazetteer'. Shows the southern coast of the Persian Gulf between Ras Tanura and Dabai [Dubai] with the location of the pearl banks indicated. Each of the pearl banks is marked with a number.Bottom left-hand corner below neat line: ‘Reg. No. 1605 E., 14.-V.-225’.1 mapDimensions:361 x 585 mm, on sheet 457 x 683 mm
This sketch map shows the boundaries of the Jowasim [Qawasim] tribe and part of the territories of the Bini Yas [Bani Yas] tribe in the Trucial Coast.The map shows the Trucial Coast's main settlements, the island of Tunb, and parts of Mascat [the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman].The various territories are delineated either by dotted lines edged in different colours, or by dotted lines enclosing territory filled in with a single colour. The colour coding of the various territories is also explained in a key in the bottom right hand corner of the map. A note beneath the map summarises the main purpose and divisions of the map, and states that a certain area jointly owned by the rulers of Ras-al Khaimah and Kalba is also marked in red.1 mapMaterials: printed on paper.Dimensions: 335 x 400mm
Sketch map produced by Sir Andrew Ryan, British Minister at Jedda, which attempts to establish the geographical location of the Beni Malik [Banī Mālik], Abadil [Āl ʿAbādil] and Ahl Faifa [Ahl Fayfā'] tribes.1 mapMaterials: Manuscript; coloured ink on paper.Dimensions: 330 x 200mm.
Printed map with hand drawn additions. The map is signed by Captain Guy Bomford, Royal Engineers, and Superintendent of the Survey of India. A note at bottom of the map states that it was published under the direction of Brigadier Robert Henry Thomas, Surveyor General of India, in 1932. The B.P. referred to in the map’s title stands for boundary pillar. The map indicates: boundaries (international, state, district); railway lines; telegraph lines; roads, tracks, and other paths; hydrology; topography, with some indication of relief and heights expressed in feet; settlements; structures (including forts, watchtowers, mosques); post and telegraph offices. In the bottom left corner of the map is an inset map of Mīrjāwa [Mīrjāveh] (scale: 1:31,680), showing town, river, railways, roads, telegraph line. In the bottom right of the map is the printing statement: ‘Heliozincographed at the Survey of India Offices, Dehra Dūn [Dehradun].’The map’s hand drawn additions were made by Bomford. They are three additional frontier lines marked on the map, with accompanying key: 1) the Holdich Line, as transferred from the small scale map accompanying Thomas Hungerford Holdich’s agreement, with a correction to the Longitude measurement (blue dashed line); 2) a line considered to be the closest interpretation of the Holdich Agreement (solid blue line); and 3) an alternative interpretation of the Holdich Agreement (gold line). These additions are signed by Bomford.Two maps that follow on folios 116 and 117 are identical to this map, with the exception that they do not include Bomford’s hand drawn additions.1 mapDimensions:895 x 750 mm, on sheet 975 x 785 mm.Materials:printed on paper.
A printed sketch map of the border region of the British protectorate of Aden.1 folioDimensions: 460mm x 380mmMaterials: 1 paper folio that has been lined with cloth support at a later date.
A printed map of border region of the British protectorate of Aden.1 folioDimensions: 560mm x 430mmMaterials: 1 paper folio that has been lined with cloth support at a later date.
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The Campaign in Mesopotamia 1914-1918. Volume I, and shows a stretch of the Shatt Al 'Arab River near Mohammerah [Khorramshahr] in south-western Persia. The map indicates military operations, built-up areas, date gardens and paths.Prepared in the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defence, and printed at the Ordnance Survey in June 1922.1 mapMaterials: Printed on paperDimensions: 225 x 175mm, on sheet 295 x 225mm
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Military Lessons of the Arab Rebellion in Palestine, 1936, and shows the northern portion of Palestine, indicating hospitals, field ambulances, power stations, stores, ordnance depots, workshops, boundaries, roads, cities, towns, Arab villages, Jewish settlements and landing grounds. Three inset maps show the cities of Haifa, Jerusalem and Jaffa & Tel Aviv at a scale of 1:40,000.A legend appears in the bottom margin, alongside schematic diagrams which show supply and evacuation arrangements for vehicles, ordnance and the sick.The map was reprinted by the Survey of Palestine in 1939.1 mapMaterials: Printed in colour on paperDimensions: 800 x 530mm, on sheet 1015 x 618mm
The maps shows the town of Manamah and surrounding coastline. The map indicates a pier, landing ground and a number of properties operated by the Royal Air Force as well an additional area of land that had been proposed for purchase by it.1 mapMaterials: printed on paperDimensions: 450mm x 440mm
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The Campaign in Mesopotamia 1914-1918. Volume I, and shows a region around Shaiba [Shu'aiba] in south-eastern Iraq, indicating military operations, towns, settlements, vegetation, and relief with approximate form lines. A flooded area is printed in blue.Prepared in the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defence, and printed at the Ordnance Survey in June 1922.1 mapMaterials: Printed on paperDimensions: 183 x 294mm, on sheet 253 x 340mm
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The Campaign in Mesopotamia 1914-1918. Volume I, and shows a region around Qurna [Al Qurnah] in south-eastern Iraq, indicating military operations, settlements, hills and vegetation. Rivers and marshes are printed in blue.Prepared in the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defence, and printed at the Ordnance Survey in June 1922.1 mapMaterials: Printed on paperDimensions: 168 x 150mm, on sheet 255 x 200mm
The maps shows the island of Muharrak [Muharraq] and surrounding coastline. The map indicates a landing ground and a number of properties operated by the Royal Air Force as well an additional area of land that had been proposed for purchase by it for use as a new landing ground.1 mapMaterials: Printed on PaperDimensions: 410mm x 420mm
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The Campaign in Mesopotamia 1914-1918. Volume I, and shows a border region of south-eastern Iraq and south-western Persia, indicating the Turco-Persian frontier, towns, settlements, and relief with approximate form lines. Rivers and marshes are printed in blue.Prepared in the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defence, and printed at the Ordnance Survey in June 1922.1 mapMaterials: Printed on paperDimensions: 215 x 363mm, on sheet 313 x 427mm
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The Campaign in Mesopotamia 1914-1918. Volume I, and shows a region around Akaika in south-eastern Iraq, indicating military operations, towns, settlements and vegetation. Rivers and lakes are printed in blue.Prepared in the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defence, and printed at the Ordnance Survey in June 1922.1 mapMaterials: Printed on paperDimensions: 152 x 150mm, on sheet 255 x 211mm
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The Campaign in Mesopotamia 1914-1918. Volume I, and shows a region to the north and east of Kut [Al Kūt] in central and eastern Iraq, indicating military operations, settlements and vegetation. Rivers and marshes are printed in blue.Prepared in the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defence, and printed at the Ordnance Survey in June 1922.1 mapMaterials: Printed on paperDimensions: 194 x 162mm, on sheet 291 x 220mm
Imprint:Ordnance Survey, 1916.Distinctive Features:General map of Mesopotamia [Iraq] showing administrative division with headquarter stations underlined and provinces outlined in red. Shows rivers, railway lines with Turco-Persian boundary indicated by dash-dot line.Includes table of reference at lower left of the sheet.1 mapDimensions: 159 x 172 mm
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The Campaign in Mesopotamia 1914-1918. Volume II, and shows a region around Umm at Tubul on the River Tigris in central and eastern Iraq, indicating positions and movements of the Turkish and British armies.Prepared in the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defence, and printed at the Ordnance Survey in 1924.1 mapMaterials: Printed in colour on paperDimensions: 170 x 120mm, on sheet 215 x 135mm
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The Campaign in Mesopotamia 1914-1918. Volume II, and shows a region around Kut [Al Kūt] in central and eastern Iraq, indicating military operations, fortifications, built-up areas, roads, palm groves and watercourses. A short note describes Turkish fortifications.Prepared in the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defence, and printed at the Ordnance Survey in 1924.1 mapMaterials: Printed in colour on paperDimensions: 269 x 238mm, on sheet 355 x 320mm
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The Campaign in Mesopotamia 1914-1918. Volume II, and shows the fort at Kut [Al Kūt] in central and eastern Iraq, indicating military operations, fortifications, trenches, tunnels and principal structures.Prepared in the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defence, and printed at the Ordnance Survey in 1924.1 mapMaterials: Printed on paperDimensions: 172 x 178mm, on sheet 215 x 228mm
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The Campaign in Mesopotamia 1914-1918. Volume II, and shows a stretch of the River Tigris between Ali Gharbi [‘Alī al Gharbī] and Shumran [Ash Shumrānī]in central and eastern Iraq, indicating towns and settlements. Rivers and marshes are printed in blue.Prepared in the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defence, and printed at the Ordnance Survey in 1924.1 mapMaterials: Printed on paperDimensions: 154 x 300mm, on sheet 210 x 348mm
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The Campaign in Mesopotamia 1914-1918. Volume II, and shows a stretch of the River Tigris to the east of Shaikh Saad [Shaykh Sa‘d] in central and eastern Iraq, indicating the location of trenches, a boat bridge and watercourses.Prepared in the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defence, and printed at the Ordnance Survey in 1924.1 mapMaterials: Printed in colour on paperDimensions: 257 x 231mm, on sheet 338 x 307mm
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The Campaign in Mesopotamia 1914-1918. Volume II, and shows a stretch of the River Tigris and the River Wadi [Nahr al Wādī] to the north and west of Shaikh Saad [Shaykh Sa‘d] in central and eastern Iraq, indicating military operations, settlements, watercourses and marshes.Prepared in the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defence, and printed at the Ordnance Survey in 1924.1 mapMaterials: Printed in colour on paperDimensions: 257 x 188mm, on sheet 343 x 265mm
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The Campaign in Mesopotamia 1914-1918. Volume II, and shows a region around the Hanna defile to the west of the confluence of the River Tigris and the River Wadi [Nahr al Wādī] in central and eastern Iraq, indicating military operations, settlements, rivers and marshes.Prepared in the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defence, and printed at the Ordnance Survey in 1924.1 mapMaterials: Printed in colour on paperDimensions: 257 x 269mm, on sheet 333 x 318mm
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The Campaign in Mesopotamia 1914-1918. Volume II, and shows a region around the Dujaila watercourse [Nahr ad Dujaylah] in central and eastern Iraq, indicating military operations, towns, settlements, rivers and marshes. A key in the lower right corner explains numbered locations on the map.Prepared in the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defence, and printed at the Ordnance Survey in 1924.1 mapMaterials: Printed in colour on paperDimensions: 230 x 325mm, on sheet 317 x 405mm
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The Campaign in Mesopotamia 1914-1918. Volume II, and shows a region to the east of Kut [Al Kūt] in central and eastern Iraq, indicating settlements, rivers and vegetation, with brief descriptions of topography and ground conditions. A short note and a diagram in the lower margin describe the map's grid reference system.Prepared in the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defence, and printed at the Ordnance Survey in 1924.1 mapMaterials: Printed on paperDimensions: 355 x 310mm, on sheet 370 x 358mm
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The Campaign in Mesopotamia 1914-1918. Volume II, and shows a region around the Dujaila watercourse [Nahr ad Dujaylah] in central and eastern Iraq, indicating military operations, towns, settlements, rivers and marshes.Prepared in the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defence, and printed at the Ordnance Survey in 1924.1 mapMaterials: Printed in colour on paperDimensions: 191 x 300mm, on sheet 268 x 355mm
Imprint:Ordnance Survey, 1916.Distinctive Features:General map of Mesopotamia [Iraq] showing ethnic division with the approximate location of the various ethnic groups (Arabs, Kurds and mixed races) across the region marked in colour and explained in a table of reference at the lower left of the sheet. Shows rivers, railway lines with Turco-Persian boundary indicated by dash-dot line.Same base map as IOR/L/MIL/17/15/41/1, p 360A.1 mapDimensions: 159 x 172 mm
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The Campaign in Mesopotamia 1914-1918. Volume II, and shows a region around Bait Isa and Sannaiyat [Aş Şinā‘āt] in central and eastern Iraq, indicating military operations, trenches, settlements, watercourses and marshes.Prepared in the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defence, and printed at the Ordnance Survey in 1924.1 mapMaterials: Printed in colour on paperDimensions: 258 x 268mm, on sheet 348 x 326mm
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The Campaign in Mesopotamia 1914-1918. Volume III, and shows a stretch of the River Tigris and surrounding region in central and eastern Iraq, indicating towns, settlements, the route of a light railway, watercourses, mounds, ridges and banks. Rivers and marshes are printed in blue.Prepared in the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defence, and printed at the Ordnance Survey in 1925.1 mapMaterials: Printed on paperDimensions: 220 x 348mm, on sheet 289 x 416mm
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The Campaign in Mesopotamia 1914-1918. Volume III, and shows a stretch of the River Tigris and surrounding region in central and eastern Iraq, indicating military operations, towns, settlements, the route of a light railway, watercourses and marshes. Notes beneath the title describe the British and Turkish military positions marked on the map in red and green.An inset map in the lower left corner is entitled, 'To Illustrate the Operations in the Khudhaira Bend. January 9th-19th 1917.', and shows a stretch of the River Tigris near the town of Kut at a scale of 1:63,360.Prepared in the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defence, and printed at the Ordnance Survey in 1925.1 mapMaterials: Printed in colour on paperDimensions: 277 x 505mm, on sheet 358 x 595mm
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The Campaign in Mesopotamia 1914-1918. Volume III, and shows a stretch of the River Tigris and surrounding region to the west of Kut in central and eastern Iraq, indicating military positions, trenches, settlements and watercourses. A note in the lower left qualifies the accuracy of the map in relation to trenches.Prepared in the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defence, and printed at the Ordnance Survey in 1925.1 mapMaterials: Printed in colour on paperDimensions: 230 x 272mm, on sheet 292 x 335mm
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The Campaign in Mesopotamia 1914-1918. Volume III, and shows Baghdad and the surrounding region in central Iraq, indicating settlements, roads, railways and watercourses. Sketch marks give some indication of relief, and rivers and lakes are printed in blue.Prepared in the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defence, and printed at the Ordnance Survey in 1925.1 mapMaterials: Printed on paperDimensions: 218 x 223mm, on sheet 283 x 277mm
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The Campaign in Mesopotamia 1914-1918. Volume III, and shows a region of western Persia and eastern Iraq to the north of Baghdad, indicating towns, settlements, roads, railways and watercourses. Hachures and sketch marks give some indication of relief, and rivers, lakes and marshes are printed in blue.Prepared in the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defence, and printed at the Ordnance Survey in 1925.1 mapMaterials: Printed on paperDimensions: 246 x 366mm, on sheet 308 x 425mm
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The Campaign in Mesopotamia 1914-1918. Volume III, and shows a region around Mushahida [Al Mushāhidah] in central Iraq, indicating settlements, buildings, tracks, the route of a railway line and watercourses, with some indication of relief. The river and an area liable to flood are printed in blue, and the line of the Turkish position is printed in green.Prepared in the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defence, and printed at the Ordnance Survey in 1925.1 mapMaterials: Printed on paperDimensions: 166 x 123mm, on sheet 216 x 296mm
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The Campaign in Mesopotamia 1914-1918. Volume III, and shows a region to the south and west of the Jabal Hamrin hills in central and eastern Iraq, indicating towns, settlements, roads, tracks and watercourses. Relief is shown with form lines. Rivers and canals are printed in blue.Prepared in the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defence, and printed at the Ordnance Survey in 1925.1 mapMaterials: Printed on paperDimensions: 167 x 240mm, on sheet 216 x 382mm