A map of south-eastern Mesopotamia with parts of south-western Persia [Iran] and Kuwait, indicating tribal regions in Mesopotamia. The map also indicates settlements, hydrology, and the Persia-Mesopotamia border, with some indication of relief. The map sheet incorrectly states the scale as 1 inc...
An index plan of railways in Mesopotamia between Busra [Basra], Nasiriyeh [Nasiriyah], and Kut-el-Amara [Kut]. The map also indicates hydrology and settlements. Also included are tables listing railway stations between Busra and Nasiriyeh and between Kurna [Al-Qurna] and Amarah [Amara], with the ...
The map shows soundings and a proposed dredged channel, but no land features. The co-ordinates are approximate. It is referred to in George Buchanan’s report on the conservancy of the Shatt-el-Arab [Shatt al-Arab] of 20 June 1917.
The sheet contains a section map: Burbarūd—Kaleh Huma—Makhadī [Makdīn-e Pā’īn]—Bāznawī—Pul-I-Shīrak—Pul-I-Kul—Dizfūl in south-western Persia. It is found in the Military Report on S. W. Persia, Vol. III. Bakhtiāri Country North of Kārūn River compiled in the Division of the Chief of the Staff, A...
Mesopotamian Transport Commission. Report of the Commission Appointed by the Government of India with the Approval of the Right Hon'ble The Secretary of State for India, to Enquire into Questions Connected with the Organisation and Administration of the Railway and River Transport in Mesopotamia
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The volumes are Mesopotamian Transport Commission. Report of the Commission Appointed by the Government of India with the Approval of the Right Hon'ble The Secretary of State for India, to Enquire into Questions Connected with the Organisation and Administration of the Railway and River Transport...
Diagrammatic map of the Band-i-Gargar embankment, part of the Shūshtar historical hydraulic system, showing: the direction of the canal’s flow; water channels; the location of mills; clay and sandstone cliffs; the locations of Shūshtar, on one bank, and the village of Boleiti on the other.
Despatch by Lieutenant-General Sir George Frederick Gorringe, K.C.B, C.M.G, D.S.O., on the Operations of the Tigris Column 23rd January to 30th April 1916 (Forwarded by G.O.C., Force "D".)
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This file contains a despatch written by Lieutenant George Frederick Gorringe regarding the military operations of the Tigris Column for the period 23 January 1916 to 30 April 1916. The report is introduced by a letter from Lieutenant-General Percy Lake, Commanding Indian Expeditionary Force "...
