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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Subject Roads Material Type Maps and Plans

1. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/7, f 73

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/7, f 73
Title:
‘Mechanical Transport Chart. Passable normally to M.T. (i.e. up to 3 Ton Trucks in winter and 5 Ton Trucks in summer’
Scope & Content:
The map, which bears an additional title: ‘Condition of the Duzdap-Meshed Road February 1930’, indicates the road between Duzdap [Zahedan] and Meshed [Mashad] and its suitability for motor transport (‘M.T.’) The key indicates the condition of the roads on the route: good; normally good, requiring...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1930
Extent:
1 map

2. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/7, f 74

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/7, f 74
Title:
‘Duzdap to Meshed Motor Road. (As Organised as a Line of Communication in 1919-20.)’
Scope & Content:
Map of roads between Duzdap [Zahedan] and Meshed [Mashad]. The map and accompanying key indicate: posts were troops were stationed; halting stages for convoys; roads metalled in 1920; roads unmetalled in 1920 but since metalled (as of 1930); roads still unmetalled (as of February 1930); camel tra...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1930
Extent:
1 map

3. IOR/L/MIL/17/15/55, f 42

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/55, f 42
Title:
‘MAP OF BASRA AND MAGIL’
Scope & Content:
The map shows the state of the roads in and around Basra City. Different categories of roads are highlighted in different colours as follows: concrete roads (solid red line), metalled roads (red dashes), proposed metalled roads (small red dashes), kutcha roads (solid green line), proposed kutcha...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Jan 1919
Extent:
1 map

4. IOR/L/PS/10/1266/1, f 201

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1266/1, f 201
Title:
‘Sketch Map of the Persian Gulf & Arabian Coast’
Scope & Content:
The map shows the south-eastern portion of the Arabian Peninsula. It indicates Indo-European overland and submarine telegraph lines, and roads, and includes brief descriptions of topography. The map bears the inscriptions ‘War Office, March, 1905’ and ‘Topographical Section, General Staff, No....
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1905
Extent:
1 map

5. IOR/L/PS/10/1266/1, f 213

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1266/1, f 213
Title:
‘Persia and Afghanistan’
Scope & Content:
The map shows Persia and Afghanistan, and those parts of the surrounding countries which border Persia and Afghanistan. It includes a table of reference which indicates how features including the following are shown on the map: railways (including those under construction or projected), roads,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1912
Extent:
1 map

6. IOR/L/PS/20/C126/1, f 434

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C126/1, f 434
Title:
‘The Provinces of the Abbasid Caliphate, showing the chief high roads’
Scope & Content:
The map sheet is one of seven maps included in IOR/L/PS/20/C126/1. It depicts the Abbasid Caliphate, divided into its administrative provinces. Portrays lakes, swamps, and the routes of major rivers, and shows key settlements, major roads, and pilgrimage routes to Mecca. Drawn and printed by S...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1915
Extent:
1 map sheet

7. IOR/L/PS/20/C126/2, f 393

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C126/2, f 393
Title:
The Provinces of the Abbasid Caliphate, showing the chief high roads
Scope & Content:
The map sheet is one of seven maps included in IOR/L/PS/20/C126/2. It depicts the Abbasid Caliphate, divided into its administrative provisions. The map portrays lakes, swamps, and the routes of major rivers. It also shows key settlements, major roads, and pilgrimage routes to Mecca. Drawn ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1921
Extent:
1 map sheet

8. Mss Eur F111/391, f 3

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F111/391, f 3
Title:
MAP OF THE ROAD FROM TEHRAN TO BUSHIRE SHEWING THE DIRECTION OF THE PERSIAN SECTION INDO EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH
Scope & Content:
Map showing the road from Tehran to Bushire (also spelled as Abushehr). As well as roads, the map indicates hydrology, hills, mountains, and telegraph lines. The original survey on which the map is based is attributed to Captain O St John (Sir Oliver Beauchamp Coventry St John). The map also st...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1891
Extent:
1 map