The scale of the map is 24inches = 1mile. The map was printed by the Simla Drawing Office and includes the printing statement ‘S. D. O. No. 2434, Dec. 1918’.
The scale of the map is 1.014inch = 16miles. The map was printed by the Simla Drawing Office and includes the printing statement ‘S. D. O. No. 2428, Dec. 1918’.
The map shows railways which are proposed, under construction, and extant, with size of gauge marked in different colours. It also shows settlements, rivers, and roads. The map is part of a report by Major-General Sir Francis Edward Freeland entitled ‘On the Working and Future Development of th...
The map shows the River Tigris with the embankments to stop flooding marked in red. Also shown are settlements, trees, the extent of flooding, the availability of drinking water and fuel, and descriptions of ground, such as desert. The map is part of a report by Major-General Sir Francis Edward...
This volume is A Handbook of Mesopotamia, Volume I, General (Admiralty War Staff Intelligence Division: August 1916). It is an introductory volume containing matter of a general nature giving an account of conditions in Mesopotamia. The volume includes a note on official use, title page and ''No...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, Armenian, English, Kurdish, Persian, Syriac, Classical, and Turkish
This volume is A Handbook of Mesopotamia, Volume III, Central Mesopotamia with Sourthern Kurdistan and the Syrian Desert (Admiralty War Staff Intelligence Division, January, 1917), covering the Tigris and Euphrates from Baghdad and Fellūjeh [Fallujah] to Mosul and Meskeneh [Maskanah], the Lesser...
The folio consists of a sketch map of Persia and the Persian Gulf, attached to a memorandum by R.H. Headley titled 'Persia - Eastern Cordon'. The map shows the planned deployment of regular troops and levies along the Cordon from Mashhad to Sistan.
‘Fig. 14. Geological Sketch Map of Mesopotamia and the Adjacent Regions’
Scope & Content:
Distinctive Features: Sketch map of the Middle East produced to illustrate the geology of Mesopotamia and surrounding region colour coded to show geological periods with a key provided in the bottom left-hand corner. Bottom left-hand corner below neat line: ‘Admiralty War Staff I.D.’.
