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1551. 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

1552. 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

1553. 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

1554. 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

1555. Mss Eur F112/558, f 1

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F112/558, f 1
Title:
Lithograph depicting Rumania as neutral, with later watercolour wash to show her subsequent Allied allegiance
Scope & Content:
Original printed sheet depicted Rumania [Romania] in yellow (neutral). On this copy Rumania has been painted over with a green watercolour wash to show her later Allied allegiance. Also shows population figures for Central Powers countries. Verso bears the annotation 'Berlin to Baghdad'. Anoth...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and German
Date Range:
1916-1917
Extent:
1 map sheet

1556. Mss Eur F112/558, f 2

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F112/558, f 2
Title:
Lithograph depicting Rumania's Allied allegiance
Scope & Content:
Printed sheet depicting Rumania [Romania] in green (Allied). Bears the annotation 'Lord Curzon'. Also shows updated population figures for Central Powers countries. Verso bears the annotations 'All Europe' and 'Lord Curzon'.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and German
Date Range:
1916-1917
Extent:
1 map sheet

1557. Mss Eur F112/570

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F112/570
Title:
Maps and Associated Documents Relating to the Post-war Realignment of Boundaries in the Former Ottoman Empire
Scope & Content:
Maps and documents prepared for the re-alignment of boundaries in the former Ottoman Empire in the aftermath of the First World War. As follows: f 1 'Sketch Map of Asia Minor, showing approximate course of Roads and Railways'. With boundary additions. Engraved by Emery Walker Ltd. [1915-17] f 2 ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
Early 1890s-1920?
Extent:

42 map sheets and 8 folios

1558. Mss Eur F112/570, f 1

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F112/570, f 1
Title:
'Sketch Map of Asia Minor, showing approximate course of Roads and Railways'. With boundary additions
Scope & Content:
The sheet bears the manuscript annotation 'Secret'. General purpose base map of Asia Minor with imprint 'Emery Walker Ltd. sc[ulpsit].' Portrays hydrology, roads, railways, settlements and place names. Date range derived from railway information. Manuscript and typescript additions relate to t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1915-1917
Extent:
1 map sheet

1559. Mss Eur F112/570, f 2

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F112/570, f 2
Title:
Western Turkey, Showing the Zone of the High Commissioner and Areas Ceded to Greece and Italy
Scope & Content:
Comprises a general purpose base map with overprints in red, blue and black. Sheet trimmed around the neatline and mounted on paper. Relates to the Treaty of Sèvres (1920). The base map portrays hydrology, relief by spot heights and gradient tints, roads, railways, settlements and place names. ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 1890s-1920?
Extent:
1 map sheet

1560. Mss Eur F112/570, f 5

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F112/570, f 5
Title:
'Izmir (Smyrna)'. With boundaries added in manuscript
Scope & Content:
Relates to the Treaty of Sèvres (1920). Geographical Section, General Staff No. 2555, Sheet North J-35, Izmir (Smyrna), Provisional Edition. Covers Izmir, western Turkey and surrounding land and sea areas to a radius of approximately 150 miles. Portrays hydrology, soundings, relief by spot heig...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916-1920
Extent:
1 map sheet