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

1. 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

2. Mss Eur F112/555, f 4

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F112/555, f 4
Title:
'Sketch Map showing Enemy's Position Wadi to Kut'
Scope & Content:
Created by the War Office. Covers a twenty-five mile length of the River Tigris, to a width of approximately ten miles, from Kut [Al-Kut] to Wadi [Nahr Wadi] in present-day eastern Iraq. Created to support the Allied relief of Kut and associated Battle of Dujailah against Turkish forces. Portray...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916
Extent:
1 map sheet

3. Mss Eur F112/555, f 5

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F112/555, f 5
Title:
'Map Showing British Position on the Tigris 13th. December, 1916.'
Scope & Content:
Created by the War Office. Covers a twenty-five mile length of the River Tigris, to a width of approximately ten miles, from Kut [Al-Kut] to Wadi [Nahr Wadi] in present-day eastern Iraq. Created to support the Allied relief of Kut against Turkish forces. Portrays hydrology, roads and tracks, rai...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916
Extent:
1 map sheet

4. Mss Eur F112/555, f 6

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F112/555, f 6
Title:
'Map Showing British Position on the Tigris 31st. January, 1917.'
Scope & Content:
Created by the War Office. Covers a twenty-five mile length of the River Tigris, to a width of approximately ten miles, from Kut [Al-Kut] to Wadi [Nahr Wadi] in present-day eastern Iraq. Created to support the Allied relief of Kut against Turkish forces. Portrays hydrology, roads and tracks, rai...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1917
Extent:
1 map sheet

5. Mss Eur F112/555, f 7

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F112/555, f 7
Title:
'Map showing Enemy's Position at east end of Suwaicha Marsh'
Scope & Content:
Created by the War Office. Covers a one-mile length of the River Tigris in the vicinity of Suwaicha Marsh, six miles east of Kut [Al-Kut] in present-day eastern Iraq. Shows detail on the left bank only, to a distance of approximately half a mile. Created to support the Allied relief of Kut and a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916
Extent:
1 map sheet

6. Mss Eur F112/555, f 8

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F112/555, f 8
Title:
Kut to Sheikh Saad
Scope & Content:
Created by Ordnance Survey. Covers a forty-five-mile length of the River Tigris from Kut [Al-Kut] eastwards to Sheikh Saad [Shaykh Sa'd] in present-day eastern Iraq. Sheet extends approximately five miles to the north and fifteen miles to the south of the river. Created to support the Allied rel...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916
Extent:
1 map sheet