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

1. IOR/L/PS/5/385, f 435

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/385, f 435
Title:
‘PLAN of the City of BUSSORAH’
Scope & Content:
This sketch map shows a plan of the city of Bussorah [Basra]. A numbered list identifies major buildings, and also indicates the city walls and gates, bazars [bazaars], and ruins. The Shatt al-Arab (labelled as the Euphrates), other hydrology, and vegetation are also indicated. The map is a cop...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1840
Extent:
1 map sheet

2. IOR/X/3174

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/3174
Title:
'The line of Route as traversed by Lieut[enan]t. Rob[er]t. Taylor 2nd. Mad[ra]s. Cavalry from Bagdad to Bussorah via the antient [ancient] canal of the Hye'
Scope & Content:
Covers a 350-mile river route in Mesopotamia between Bagdad [Baghdad, Iraq] and Bussorah [Basra, Iraq] via the River Tigris, Hye Canal [Shatt al Gharraf, Iraq] and River Euphrates. Portrays hydrology, settlements and place names, and includes topographical and navigational notes, and some pictor...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1813
Extent:

1 map sheet

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