A map of Basra (also written on the map as Basrah) and Magil [al-Maqil] illustrating the following: concrete roads; metalled roads; proposed metalled roads; kutcha roads; proposed kutcha roads; civil roads; and proposed civil roads. The map is part of Sir John Hewett’s ‘Report for the Army Counci...
‘LOWER MESPOTAMIA BETWEEN BAGHDAD AND THE PERSIAN GULF’
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A map of Lower Mesopotamia [Iraq] issued by the Geographical Section, General Staff. The map illustrates the following: roads possible for wheeled traffic; tracks; telegraphs; mountains; mounds; canals for irrigation; rivers; inlets of sea; wells; cisterns; defiles; dams; shrines; open plains; m...
Printed map showing telegraph lines in West Asia. The map includes a key of references of permanent telegraph lines, submarine cables, temporary telegraph lines and other existing permanent telegraph lines.
‘Telegraph Map of Mesopotamia Excluding Railway Wires and Telephone Lines’
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Printed map showing the lines of the telegraph passing through the different cities within Mesopotamia [Iraq]. The map includes a key of references describing the type of telegraph lines used in each city. The map is signed by Lieutenant-Colonel R E Goldsmidt, Director of Telegraphs Mesopotamia, ...
Printed map showing a green line representing the telegraph line from Yarmouth to Fao [Al Faw] and Tehran, passing through northern Europe, the Black Sea, Turkey and Iraq.
'Appendix II' Map of Mesopotamia Showing a Proposed Nestorian Enclave
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Map of Mesopotamia [approximately corresponding to present-day Iraq], with a black horizontal line denoting the northern limit of the British administration. An additional red line labelled ‘Proposed Nestorian Enclave’ marks out an area that straddles either side of the black line, with the half...
A sketch map of the Trans-Persian Railway, from Khor Musa to Sari and the coast of the Caspian Sea, showing the ‘Line Completed’, ‘Line Surveyed’, and ‘Division between the Northern and Southern Sections’.
Sketch Maps of the Northern and Southern Sections of the Trans-Persian Railway
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Two maps on one sheet. The first is a sketch map of the Northern Section of the Trans-Persian Railway, showing the routes to Pahlavi, Semnan, and Balfurush [Barfurush], with a second map of the Southern Section, showing the alternative routes and termini, running either from Mohammerah [Khorramsh...