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101. IOR/X/3128

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/3128
Title:
A series of six drawings by C. Walker, Lieut. Field Engineers, dated Camp, Kharg, 22nd July 1839
Scope & Content:
Inscriptions: On recto of each sheet in the lower left-hand corner an annotation ‘Camp Kharg 22d July 1839’ and at bottom right-hand corner signature ‘C. Walker Lieut. Field Engineer’. On verso of each sheet in the upper left-hand corner inscription which relate to the sheet number and reads ‘...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Jul 1839
Extent:
6 maps

102. IOR/X/3136

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/3136
Title:
A revised Map of 'OMÂN and the PERSIAN GULF, in which an attempt has been made to give a correct transliteration of the Arabic names. By the Rev. George Percy Badger, F.R.G.S. With a plan of Máskat and el Matrah, and a view of the town of Maskat. Scale of the map, 40 miles to 1 inch; size, 22 inches by 30.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 map

103. IOR/X/3140

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/3140
Title:
‘Map of the countries between the Mediterranean Sea and the Gulf of Persia on the line of the Euphrates, Tigris, Kuran. Compiled and drawn by Lieut. Felix Jones J.N. Assis.t Surveyor, from the original Surveys made by the late expedition under Commander H. Blosse Lynch assisted by Lieut.ts Chris D. Campbell M.W. Lynch, Felix Jones, William B. Selby & Henry Grounds of the Indian Navy’
Scope & Content:
Distinctive Features: Relief shown by hachures. Hand drawn map of Mesopotamia, Persia and Syria Shamiyeh based on a survey carried out by the explorer Henry Blosse Lynch of the Indian Navy. Legends and notations concerning the topography of the region cover the face of the map with routes and...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1847
Extent:
1 map

104. IOR/X/3151/3/12

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/3151/3/12
Title:
‘The Shaṭṭ el ‘Aráb from Baṣrah to the Bar of the River Euphrates and the River Kárún from Salmánah Isle to Moḥommerah with the Bah-a-mishìr surveyed by Colonel Chesney and the Officers of the expeditions’
Scope & Content:
Imprint: Published by Col. Chesney. Engraved by J.&C. Walker. Distinctive Features: Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings recorded in fathoms. Published as a part of a survey, above title ‘XII’ relates to sheet number.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1849
Extent:
1 map sheet

105. IOR/X/3174

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/3174
Title:
'The line of Route as traversed by Lieut[enan]t. Rob[er]t. Taylor 2nd. Mad[ra]s. Cavalry from Bagdad to Bussorah via the antient [ancient] canal of the Hye'
Scope & Content:
Covers a 350-mile river route in Mesopotamia between Bagdad [Baghdad, Iraq] and Bussorah [Basra, Iraq] via the River Tigris, Hye Canal [Shatt al Gharraf, Iraq] and River Euphrates. Portrays hydrology, settlements and place names, and includes topographical and navigational notes, and some pictor...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1813
Extent:

1 map sheet

106. IOR/X/3184

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/3184
Title:
'The Shat Al Arab from the Gurma‘t ‘Ali to Busra'
Scope & Content:
Manuscript map and rough tracing of the same. Portrays a seven-mile length of the Shat Al Arab [Shatt al Arab] in southern Mesopotamia [Iraq] from Busra [Basra, Iraq] northwards to Gurma‘t ‘Ali [Garmat Ali, Iraq]. Depicts hydrology, including soundings, sand, marsh and canals, relief by hachure...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1859?
Extent:

2 map sheets

107. IOR/X/3188

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/3188
Title:
'Survey of the River Karun from its junction with the Shat el Arab below Mohameerah to about 20 Miles above Ahwaz - from Ismaeenah [Ismailia a, Iran] upwards'
Scope & Content:
Portrays the River Karun in north-western Persia [Iran] from approximately 20 miles north-east of Ahwaz [Ahvaz] downstream approximately 170 miles to its confluence with the Shat el Arab [Shatt al Arab] (spelled Shat al Arab on the map face) at Mohameerah [Khorramshahr] (also spelled Mohamerah o...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1841
Extent:

1 map sheet

108. IOR/X/3189

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/3189
Title:
'Trigonometrical Survey of the Rivers Karun and Dizful and the Aub-i-Gargar Canal in the Month of April 1842'
Scope & Content:
Portrays the River Karun in north-western Persia [Iran] from approximately twelve miles north of Shuster [Shushtar] downstream approximately eighty miles to Ahwaz [Ahvaz]; and the River Dizful [Dez] from approximately thirty miles south of Dezful downstream approximately forty miles to its confl...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1842
Extent:

1 map sheet

109. IOR/X/3204

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/3204
Title:
‘Map of the maritime Arabia with the opposite coasts of Africa and Persia’
Scope & Content:
Imprint: Lithographed in the Chief Engineer’s Office by Huskelyee E. & Kumroodeen E. Bombay 1st March 1856 Qrt. Master's Generals Offices, Poona 2nd Augt 1855. Distinctive Features: Relief shown by hachures. Below the title note 'reduced in the Quarter Master Generals Office from an O...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Mar 1856
Extent:
1 map

110. IOR/X/3205

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/3205
Title:
‘Arabia. By William Henry F. Plate. Engraved by J.&C. Walker’
Scope & Content:
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 ...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1847
Extent:
1 map