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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Place Baghdad, Asia Material Type Maps and Plans

1. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/72/2, f 7

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/72/2, f 7
Title:
‘23. Baghdad – Samarra’
Scope & Content:
Imprint: Heliozincographed at the Survey of India Offices, Dehra Dun. S.D.O. 3952. Distinctive Features: Relief shown by contours. Sketch map showing the Baghdad Railway line between Baghdad and Samarra with stations marked and labelled for reference. The Decauville Railway south west of B...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1925
Extent:
1 map

2. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/72/2, f 11

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/72/2, f 11
Title:
‘21. Diagram of situation on 9th-10th March (night)’
Scope & Content:
Imprint: Heliozincographed at the Survey of India Offices, Dehra Dun. S.D.O. No. 3950-3-25. Distinctive Features: Sketch map of Baghdad and surrounding area produced to illustrate the movements of the British military forces on the night 9th and 10th March 1917 with position of various brig...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1925
Extent:
1 map

3. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/72/2, f 13

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/72/2, f 13
Title:
‘20. Diagram of situation on 7th March’
Scope & Content:
Imprint: Heliozincographed at the Survey of India Offices, Dehra Dun. S.D.O. No. 3949-3-25. Distinctive Features: Sketch map of Baghdad and surrounding area produced to illustrate the movements of the British military forces on the 7th March 1917 with position of various brigades and regimen...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1925
Extent:
1 map

4. IOR/L/PS/20/64, f 43

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/64, f 43
Title:
'MAP SHOWING PROPOSED BAGHDAD RAILWAY'
Scope & Content:
The map shows a region encompassing parts of Russia, Persia, Arabia and the Ottoman Empire, indicating the routes of proposed and existing railway lines. The map also shows hydrology, topography and major cities and towns. The map is Plate 2 in 'Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman' (Naval Intelligenc...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1903
Extent:
1 map

5. IOR/L/PS/20/C253/1, f 158

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C253/1, f 158
Title:
City of Baghdad
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1935
Extent:
1 map sheet

6. Mss Eur F112/555, f 2

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F112/555, f 2
Title:
'Lower Mesopotamia between Baghdad and the Persian Gulf'
Scope & Content:
Created by the War Office. Covers the northernmost seventy miles of the Persian Gulf and its hinterland extending 270 miles to the north and west in present-day Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. Portrays freshwater and coastal hydrology (including soundings and submarine contours), relief by ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916
Extent:
1 map sheet

7. Mss Eur F112/558

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F112/558
Title:
Maps 'Berlin-Baghdad or "Mittel Europa"'
Scope & Content:
These maps represent a British impression of the expansionist ambitions of the German State during the First World War derived from the writings of Pan-Germanic authors of the period, in particular Paul Anton de Lagarde. The map represents the route of the railway project that links the Central ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and German
Date Range:
1916-1917
Extent:

2 map sheets

8. Mss Eur F112/571, ff 8-8a

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F112/571, ff 8-8a
Title:
'Map of Eastern Turkey in Asia, Syria and Western Persia. Map Showing Present Disposition of Troops With Reference to Railheads.'
Scope & Content:
Folio 8: Geographical Section, General Staff No. 2901, comprising a base map with overprint. The base map bears the imprint 'Published by the Royal Geographical Society, 1910. Railways inserted to November, 1917' and portrays hydrology, relief by spot heights, roads, telegraphs, settlements, p...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1917-1920
Extent:

1 map sheet and 1 folio