This map is one of fourteen map sheets included in IOR/L/PS/20/C234. It depicts Persia [Iran], the Persian Gulf, the northern Arabian Sea, and the bordering areas of neighbouring countries. It portrays hydrology, settlements, roads, railways, and international boundaries. Relief is indicated ...
This map is one of fourteen map sheets included in IOR/L/PS/20/C234. It depicts the area surrounding the city of Bushire [Bushehr]. The positions of piquet posts under British command are numbered and shown in red. Portrays relief by contour, buildings, roads, and telegraph lines. The map was...
This map is one of fourteen map sheets included in IOR/L/PS/20/C234. It depicts the eastern border of Persia [Iran] and neighbouring areas of Afghanistan and British India. Portrays relief by contour, hydrology, settlements, principal routes, and telegraph lines. The map was prepared in the ...
‘To Illustrate the Operations of General Dyer in Sarhad.’
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This map is one of fourteen map sheets included in IOR/L/PS/20/C234. It depicts an area of south-eastern Persia [Iran], and is intended to illustrate the military activities of Brigadier-General Reginald Dyer between April and August 1916. The border of Afghanistan is shown in green, and the bo...
‘Sketch Map Illustrating the Wanderings of German Parties in Persia and Afghanistan.’
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This map is one of fourteen map sheets included in IOR/L/PS/20/C234. It depicts the routes taken by different German military missions through Mesopotamia [Iraq], Persia [Iran], and Afghanistan during the First World War. These routes are shown in red and labelled with the name of the German of...
This map is one of fourteen map sheets included in IOR/L/PS/20/C234. It depicts the area of Persia [Iran] surrounding the city of Bushire [Bushehr]. Portrays settlements and roads. Relief is shown by form lines and spot heights. The map was prepared in the Historical Section of the Committee ...
This map depicts the liwa [administrative divisions] within ‘Iraq [Iraq]. The boundaries, names, and the sites of the capitals of each liwa are shown in red. The map shows ‘Iraq’s key settlements, railway lines, the Tigris and Euphrates rivers including tributary branches, and depicts the bounda...
This map is a graphic index showing the location and extent of the following two map series produced of territory in ‘Iraq [Iraq] and Iran: the ‘Iraq’ half inch regular series and the ‘M[esopotamian].E[xpeditionary].F[orce].’ half inch large sheet series. A brief key indicates how each series is...
Index to Iraq Degree Sheet Series 1:253,440. Iraq Desert Series 1:500,000. General Series 1:1,000,000.
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This map is a graphic index showing the location and extent of British maps of the Middle East. The maps range in scale, covering territory in Iraq, Kuwait, Nejd [Najd], Palestine, Trans-Jordan [Jordan], Turkey, and Syria. The series illustrated in the map are: Iraq Degree Sheet Series 1:253,44...
This map depicts the city of Baghdad. The map shows the River Tigris, names the city’s districts, and depicts main roads, bridges, lanes, railways, and covered bazaars. Also shown are key sites of civil and military infrastructure and services, including airports, stations, mosques, hospitals, f...