This map depicts the city of Mosul in ’Iraq [Iraq], showing the River Tigris, main roads, buildings, the main bazaar, and key districts and quarters. An index reference guide locates the key sites of civil and military infrastructure, including schools, clubs, courts, hospitals, palaces, barrack...
This map depicts the settlement of Ma‘qil [Al Ma‘qil] in Basra, showing the Shatt al Arab and tributary creeks, the Qurmat Canal, railways, and main roads. The map also shows civil and military sites including railway and dockyard buildings and infrastructure, water and power works, communicatio...
Map Shewing Irrigation Control in Central and Lower ‘Iraq
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This map depicts irrigation control in central and lower ‘Iraq [Iraq], showing the main waterways including the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, the Shatt Al ‘Arab [Shatt al-Arab] and other tributaries, canals, channels, and lakes. Other irrigation and water features included in the map are river ba...
This map depicts the orographic and economic features of ‘Iraq [Iraq]. Relief is shown in shades of brown tinting. The map depicts the key economic products of ‘Iraq’s regions: barley, bitumen, camels, cotton, dates, fruit, liquorice, oil, rice, sheep, and wheat; and also delineates the upper va...
This map depicts lines of magnetic variation in the Middle East, showing lines of equal magnetic variation in 1932, and lines of approximate annual change. The map also shows key cities and settlements in the Middle East, particularly in Iraq and its neighbouring countries, and also shows the Me...
The map depicts the electrical communications network of ‘Iraq [Iraq], depicting telegraph and telephone cables, government and oil company telegraph stations, and underground cables, in red. The map also shows ‘Iraq’s key settlements, railway lines, the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, including tr...
This map depicts ‘Iraq [Iraq], showing main cities and settlements; major hydrographic features, including the rivers Tigris, Euphrates, Zab and Shatt al Arab, and tributaries and branches, wadis, marshland, lakes, ‘inundated areas’, wells, and the Persian Gulf; aerodromes, motor roads, and rail...
This map depicts the railway network in ‘Iraq [Iraq], showing railway lines, with standard and metre gauges indicated, and railway stations and water stations. The map also shows main cities and settlements, the rivers Tigris, Euphrates, Zab, and Shatt al Arab, and tributaries and branches, lake...