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Collection Area Map Collections Place Syria, Middle East Level [40] File

1. IOR/X/12049

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/12049
Title:
[Composite map from the International Map of the World at 1:1,000,000 comprising parts of: I.37 Damascus, I.38 Baghdad, and I.39 Tehran] GSGS 2555
Scope & Content:
A composite topographical map composed of at least three sheets glued together to cover a contiguous area from present-day Syria and eastern Turkey to Iran, and northern Iraq to Georgia. Manuscript additions in black ink indicate 'suggested new Southern boundary of Kurdistan', 'Western Frontier, ...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916-1917
Extent:
1 sheet

2. IOR/X/12185

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/12185
Title:
[Naval Staff, Intelligence Division Handbooks (WWI)]
Scope & Content:
Incomplete set of the geographical handbooks published by the Admiralty from the end of the First World War for Official Use Only. A total of 31 titles were published in at least 40 volumes. This set comprises: IOR/X/12185/1. ID 1174 N N. Canary Islands. March 1919. 18 page pamphletIOR/X/12185/2...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1917-1922
Extent:
28 volumes and pamphlets (each 856 or fewer pages)

3. IOR/X/14770

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/14770
Title:
A Collection of Photographic Reproductions of Maps from GSGS 4195, Syria
Scope & Content:
Photographic reproductions of 5 first or second edition topographical map sheets from GSGS 4195, Syria, at a scale of 1:200,000. The maps show main settlements and communications, buildings such as towers, mills, and factories, natural features and trigonometrical locations. The GSGS originals we...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1941-1952
Extent:
5 sheets

4. TRIG/49

Reference (shelfmark):
TRIG/49
Title:
Damascus - Aleppo Triangulation. Survey observations, diagrams, report and correspondence. Created by the 7 Field Survey Company, Royal Engineers.
Scope & Content:
Comprises the following (original envelopes have been retained): 20 angle observation books numbered 1 to 20 dated 1918-19; also 1 envelope. (No. 07041; Cn 301 E) 1 angle observation book labelled 'Zebdani Intersected Points' dated 1919. (No. 07041; Cn 301 E) 1 envelope containing 9 pages of ...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1918-1919
Extent:

21 volumes, 38 pages, 1 map sheet, 1 folder and 3 envelopes

5. TRIG/50

Reference (shelfmark):
TRIG/50
Title:
Palestine and Syria Survey Records
Scope & Content:
Comprises the following folders, mostly compiled by 7 Field Survey Company, Royal Engineers: 1 folder titled 'Auja Base'. Numbered '1'. Relates to baseline measurement. Dated 1918. (CN 305; Cn 301 E(3)) 1 folder titled 'Rafa Base'. Numbered '2'. Relates to baseline measurement. Dated 1917. (CN...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1915-1937
Extent:

11 folders

6. TRIG/51

Reference (shelfmark):
TRIG/51
Title:
Palestine and Syria Survey Records
Scope & Content:
Comprises the following folders, with material mostly compiled by 7 Field Survey Company, Royal Engineers and Survey of Egypt. Some survey observation books have headers in Arabic: 1 survey observation book (30 x 26cm) with 44 pages of inserted observations and notes. Dated 1919-1921. (No. 070?...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1919-1921
Extent:

24 volumes, 62 pages, 3 folios, 3 envelopes and 1 folder

7. TRIG/65

Reference (shelfmark):
TRIG/65
Title:
Mediterranean Triangulation Chain
Scope & Content:
Various items as listed. Survey records compiled by units from the Royal Engineers and Survey of Palestine; Maps compiled by Survey of Palestine and the War Office. Comprises: Mediterranean Chain, including Palestine-Syria connection: summary of angles (M.E. Trig Folio no MED/004). Includes pri...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1941-1949
Extent:

9 map sheets, 3 folders, 11 pages and 2 envelopes

8. TRIG/66

Reference (shelfmark):
TRIG/66
Title:
'L[ieutenan]t. Col[onel]. Keeling's Journey Damascus to Abu Kemal, August 1919; and Various Items relating to Levant Zone Geodesy.
Scope & Content:
L[ieutenan]t. Col[onel]. Keeling’s Journey Damascus to Abu Kemal, August 1919 NB This item is listed in the War Office Archive as Mat. Syria. 5. Report, 3 field books and GSGS 2555 sheet NI-37 (1918 edition) with route annotation*. One field book has a cover in French. Levant zone Transforma...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1918-1959
Extent:

10 envelopes, 4 volumes, 1 map sheet, 10 pages and 1 folio

9. TRIG/67

Reference (shelfmark):
TRIG/67
Title:
Palmyre, Syria. Survey Observation Books and Associated Documentation.
Scope & Content:
Survey work by Royal Engineers. 14 Horizontal and Vertical Observation Books (numbered 1 to 12, 3A and 15) 2 Horizontal and Vertical Observations Books of Trig Scheme Ressafe Sheet Southern Part (numbered 9 and 10) 1 Observation Book Palmyre Sheet Trig Report No 7. Syria and The Levant (not ...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1942-1963
Extent:

17 volumes, 2 envelopes and 1 folder

10. TRIG/71

Reference (shelfmark):
TRIG/71
Title:
Transjordan, Palestine and Syria Triangulation; and Iceland Triangulation
Scope & Content:
Comprises the following items compiled by units from the Royal Engineers: Transjordan, Palestine, Syria South Levant Major Triangulation Southern Block. Side, base and azimuth equations. Horizontal and Vertical Observation Books (numbered 1 to 6, not necessarily complete, plus loose pages fro...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1940-1955
Extent:

11 folders, 1 volume and 7 envelopes