The map shows the state of the roads in and around Basra City. Different categories of roads are highlighted in different colours as follows: concrete roads (solid red line), metalled roads (red dashes), proposed metalled roads (small red dashes), kutcha roads (solid green line), proposed kutcha...
‘CANAL AND COMMUNICATION MAP OF MESOPOTAMIA SHEET No 1’
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The maps shows canals, rivers, railways and roads – lines of communication – in Mesopotamia [Iraq]. Existing canals and rivers are shown in blue, proposed new canals and extensions as dashed blue lines, railways as black lines, and roads as thin red lines. District boundaries are indicated as th...
‘CANAL AND COMMUNICATION MAP OF MESOPOTAMIA SHEET No 2’
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The maps shows canals, rivers, railways and roads – lines of communication – in Mesopotamia [Iraq]. Existing canals and rivers are shown in blue, proposed new canals and extensions as dashed blue lines, railways as black lines, and roads as thin red lines. District boundaries are indicated as th...
'Report of the Operations connected with the Occupation of Penjwin between April 18th and May 7th, 1927'.
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The file consists of a report on the operations connected with the occupation of Penjwin [District], Iraq by the Iraq Levies and Iraq Army, between 18 April and 7 May 1927. Promulgated by Command of the Air Council. Published by the Air Ministry. The appendices include: supply arrangements; ord...
The map is found in the Report of the Operations connected with the Occupation of Penjwin between April 18th and May 7th, 1927, promulgated by Command of the Air Council. It shows Diyālah [Ustān Diyālá], Kirkuk, and Sulaimāni [As Sulaymānīyah] divisions in Iraq; and Ardalān (Kurdistān) and Kirmā...
Report on the operations carried out in the southern desert in connection with the Iraq-Najd borders, November 1927-May 1928.
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A printed report on air and motorcar operations carried out along the Iraq-Najd border following several cross-border raids. The report was produced and issued by the Air Ministry and printed in London in December 1928. The volume is divided into three sections: the report, appendices, and maps....
Report on the operations carried out in the southern desert in connection with the Iraq-Najd borders, June 1928-May 1929.
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A printed report on air and motorcar operations carried out along the Iraq-Najd border following several cross-border raids. The report was produced and issued by the Air Ministry and printed in London in July 1930. The volume is divided into three sections: the report; appendices; and maps. Th...
The volume is titled Iraq and the Persian Gulf , B.R. 524 (Restricted) Geographical Handbook Series, (London: Naval Intelligence Division, 1944). The report contains preliminary remarks by the Director of Naval Intelligence, 1942 (John Henry Godfrey) and the Director of Naval Intelligence, 1944...
HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR BASED ON OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS. THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA 1914-1918. VOLUME I.
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The volume is the first volume of an official government publication compiled at the request of the Government of India, and under the direction of the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defence, by Brigadier-General Frederick James Moberly. The volume was printed and published at H...
The map accompanies The Campaign in Mesopotamia 1914-1918. Volume I, and shows portions of Turkey, Persia, Syria, Arabia and Egypt, indicating regions, cities, major roads and rivers. Prepared in the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defence, and printed at the Ordnance Survey in ...