Imprint: Ordnance Survey, 1921. Distinctive Features: Relief shown by hachures. General map of Southern Mesopotamia from Baghdad down to the Persian Gulf with Turco-Persian frontier indicated by dash-dot line, and areas liable to inundation, marshes and channels, including a new channel be...
Imprint: Hydrographic Department Admiralty, 1921. Distinctive Features: Relief shown by shading. Depths shown by soundings. Map of Shatt Al Arab with additions in red showing the movements of Turkish military forces and oil works and pipe line in Abadan area. Contains notations concerni...
‘Plan 7. The Euphrates between Basra & Nasiriya, 24th June, 1915’
Scope & Content:
Imprint: Ordnance Survey, 1921. Compiled from map produced by the Intelligence Branch G.S. I.E.F. “D” serial no. 34. Distinctive Features: Relief shown by contours. General map of the Euphrates River between Basra and Nasiriya [Nasiriyah] showing various channels with marshes depicted in ...
Short memorandum on the inception, difficulties and results of the Mesopotamian Campaign
Scope & Content:
This file is a printed report consisting of a memorandum on the inception, difficulties and results of the Mesopotamia Campaign, printed by the General Staff, India (Simla, 1916). It gives details about the present situation in Mesopotamia, Indian troops, and difficulties in terms of the politica...
Summary of Papers Dealing with the Transfer of the Control of the Operations in Mesopotamia from the India Office to the War Office
Scope & Content:
This file is a printed report entitled 'Summary of Papers Dealing with the Transfer of the Control of the Operations in Mesopotamia from the India Office to the War Office', printed by the Government of India Army Department (Simla: 1916). It consists of two sections: the first outlines the detai...
The file is a report, compiled by the Army Headquarters and printed in 1914 at the Government Monotype Press (Simla), regarding planning for operations in Turkish Mesopotamia (Iraq). The report has been compiled on the basis of the latest information available and with approval of His Excellency...
Imprint: Heliozincographed at the Survey of India Offices, Dehra Dun. Reg. No. 218 E.D.D. 1914 General Staff. Distinctive Features: Relief shown by hachures. General map of the Lower Mesopotamia showing communication features including roads, canals and telegraph lines issued to illustrate...
'Plan of operations for the support of Muhammareh'
Scope & Content:
The file consists of two maps (folios 2-3) of Lower Mesopotamia and a printed report, compiled at Army Headquarters and published by the General Staff, India (Simla), concerning a plan of operations for the support of Muhammareh [Muḥammarah/Khorramshahr] in the context of the British conflict wi...
Imprint: Heliozincographed at the Survey of India Offices, Dehra Dun. Reg. No. 218 E.D.D. 1914 General Staff – 500. Distinctive Features: Relief shown by hachures. General map of the Lower Mesopotamia showing communication features including roads, canals and telegraph lines issued to illu...
Imprint: Heliozincographed at the Survey of India Offices, Dehra Dun. Reg. No. 218 E.D.D. 1914 General Staff – 500. Distinctive Features: Relief shown by hachures. General map of the Lower Mesopotamia showing communication features including roads, canals and telegraph lines issued to illu...