This map shows the communications infrastructure Iraq on two sheets, one for all of Iraq north of Baghdad, and another south of it. The map shows the country's major settlements and focuses on the communications routes comprised of roads, railways, and pipelines, but also includes proposed railways.
The map is a provisional issue print, marked secret, to accompany Military Report on Persia, and shows Persia and adjacent portions of Arabia, Turkey in Asia, Russian Dominions, India and Afghanistan, indicating cities and towns, roads, tracks, railways, telegraph lines, boundaries and hydrology...
Imprint: General Staff India. S.D.O. No. 1414, December, 1915. Distinctive Features: General map of Arabian Peninsula showing land and river routes across the region. Routes numbered for reference and described in detail in the volume. Contains four inset maps at the larger scale of 32 mil...
The map shows the Abadan oil refinery, including tank farms, port area, offices, and the historic village of Abadan. The map was produced by the General Staff India and includes a printing statement which reads 'Survey Section No.220 Nov 1938, 80'. The map is marked secret (copy no. 0006) and is ...
The map shows Kurdistan and the surrounding region, which includes parts of Turkey, Syria, Iraq, and Iran. It is marked with the names of Kurdish tribes to record their known locations. It is used to accompany the General Staff, India publication entitled Kurdistan and the Kurds. Regions where t...
Imprint: Heliozincographed at the Survey of India Offices, Dehra Dun. Published under the direction of the Honourable Colonel F.B. Longe, R.E., A.D.C. Surveyor General of India. 1910. Transliteration by J.G. Lorimer, Esq., C.I.E., I.C.S. Outline and hill shading by Munshi Karim Bakhsh. Typing b...
‘LOWER MESOPOTAMIA BETWEEN BAGHDAD AND THE PERSIAN GULF’
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The map shows cultivation in Lower Mesopotamia [Iraq] between Baghdad and the Persian Gulf. Rice cultivation is shown in dark green, while other cultivation is shown in light green. The map also shows the positions of settlements, rivers, railways, and highlights mountainous terrain. The Turco-P...