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Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3283, f 237
Title:: ‘MOUTH OF THE SHATT AL ARAB RIVER’
Scope & Content:: The map shows soundings and a proposed half tide training wall. It is reduced from the survey by Lieutenants Melhuish and Milne-Henderson (July to October 1916), with a resurvey of the outer bar by Lieutenants Maundrell and Sanderson (April 1917). It is part of George Buchanan’s report on the con...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 20 Jun 1917
Extent:: 1 map sheet

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3301, f 309
Title:: ‘DIAGRAM SHEWING PROPOSED SCHEMES FOR BERTHS AT MAGIL’
Scope & Content:: The map shows the Shatt Al-Arab River at Magil [Al Ma‘qil], annotated with existing wharves, proposed extensions, and Sir George Buchanan’s proposals. Buildings marked include offloading berths, depots, workshops, a cemetery, and offices. The map is part of a report by Major-General Sir Franci...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: Apr 1918
Extent:: 1 map sheet

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3270, f 102
Title:: Cross sections of the River Euphrates at Nasiriyah and Bathea
Scope & Content:: The sheet contains two cross sections. The sheet is annexed to a report included in IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3270. The first is titled ‘Section of the EUPHRATES at the Bridge of Boats at NASIRIYAH’. It depicts a cross section of the Euphrates river at the point noted in the title, indicating the width of...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: c Feb 1917
Extent:: 2 cross sections on 1 sheet

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3283, f 240
Title:: ‘PERSIAN GULF APPROACHES TO SHATT-AL-ARAB AND BAHMISHIR RIVERS NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER 1890’
Scope & Content:: The map shows soundings, contours, mud banks, buoys, settlements, and comments on the type of ground. The co-ordinates are approximate. It is referred to in George Buchanan’s report of 20 June 1917.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 20 Jun 1917
Extent:: 1 map sheet

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3301, f 304
Title:: Skeleton Map showing Distribution of Lines of Communication Defence Troops
Scope & Content:: The map shows railways, towns, and rivers. The location of troops is marked in red and annotations show the numbers of squadrons, sections, and battalions present. The map is part of a report by Major-General Sir Francis Edward Freeland entitled ‘On the Working and Future Development of the Po...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: Apr 1918
Extent:: 1 map sheet

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3303, f 380
Title:: ‘INDEX PLAN SHOWING MESOPOTAMIAN RAILWAYS (PRELIMINARY PLAN) 20 Feb 1918’
Scope & Content:: The map sheet is one of two maps annexed to a report included in IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3303. The other map sheet can be found at IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3303, f 381. The map shows the railways in a section of Mesopotamia and Persia [Iran], from the region around the entrance to the Shatt-ul-Arab [Shatt al Arab...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1918
Extent:: 1 map sheet

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3283, f 239
Title:: ‘PLAN showing Principal Ports in Persian Gulf with Town & Trade Routes served by each’
Scope & Content:: The map shows railways, political borders, towns, population sizes, and British and Russian spheres of influence. It is part of George Buchanan’s report on the conservancy of the Shatt-el-Arab [Shatt al-Arab] of 20 June 1917.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 20 Jun 1917
Extent:: 1 map sheet

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3303, f 381
Title:: ‘RAILWAY MAP OF BASRA AND MAGIL SHOWING TENTATIVE PROPOSALS FOR PORT DEVELOPMENT’
Scope & Content:: The map sheet is one of two maps annexed to a report included in IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3303. The other map sheet can be found at IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3303, f 380. The map shows the Basra and Magil [Al Ma‘qil] areas in Mesopotamia. It indicates: Hydrology Settlements and place names Buildings, including name...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1918
Extent:: 1 map sheet

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3283, f 242
Title:: ‘MOUTH OF THE SHATT AL ARAB RIVER Plan showing existing & proposed lighted buoys’
Scope & Content:: The map shows details of the mouth of the Shatt al Arab, including Fao [Faw], forts on land, settlements, and a line of proposed and actual buoys in the bay. It is part of George Buchanan’s report on the conservancy of the Shatt-el-Arab [Shatt al-Arab] of 20 June 1917.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 20 Jun 1917
Extent:: 1 map sheet

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3283, f 243
Title:: ‘Shatt al Arab Longitudinal section of channel from Fao to beyond Outer Bar in 1890, 1911 & 1916 respectively’
Scope & Content:: The vertical scale is 1:24. The map shows the height of the river bed of the Shatt al Arab from Fao [Al-Faw] to 18 miles below Fao, at the edge of the outer bar where the channel drops into the Persian Gulf. It is part of George Buchanan’s report on the conservancy of the Shatt-el-Arab [Shatt al-...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 20 Jun 1917
Extent:: 1 map sheet

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