The plan shows the layout or ground plan on the Nasratabad Fort. The scale is 1 inch to 200 feet. It was produced from a sketch made by Surgeon Major George Washington Brazier-Creagh. It bears a stamp which reads ‘Intelligence Division. 14 Dec 1898’. The map bears the printing statements ‘Reg....
The map shows Basra, Magil [Al Ma‘qil], and the surrounding area. Key geographical features, specifically the Shatt Al-Arab and its creeks, are indicated in black ink. Also shown in black ink are: villages, buildings, railway lines, and numerous other facilities, most labelled with text (P. of W...
‘Sheet No. 1 Canal and Communication Map of Mesopotamia’
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The map shows: existing canals and river systems, marked with blue lines; new canals, or the extensions to existing canals, marked with dashed blue lines; the direction of flow of rivers, indicated by small black arrows; district boundaries, marked with thick red dashed lines, and the names of e...
‘Sheet No. 2 Canal and Communication Map of Mesopotamia’
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The map is an additional sheet intended to accompany the map on the preceding folio (f 53). Although this map bears no key, it uses the same colour-coding and symbols as found on folio 53, as follows: existing canals and river systems, marked with blue lines; new canals, or the extensions to exi...
‘Lower Mesopotamia between Baghdad and the Persian Gulf’
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The map is printed in four colours, with each colour being used to indicate a different category of features: blue: hydrographical features, including the river systems of the Euphrates and Tigris, canals, marshes and lakes, and their names. Notes on the flooding characteristics of different geo...
The map shows the docks built on the south bank of the Shatt-Al Arab at Margil [Al Ma‘qil], near Basra, Mesopotamia. Features and facilities (some labelled I.W.T. [Inland Water Transport]) shown on the map include: dock infrastructure, including shipping berths, wharves, water channels, depots a...
Black and white reproduction of a map of Makalla [Al-Mukallā], Yemen. Text below the map scale states that it was enlarged from an Admiralty map, and produced at Steamer Point, Aden, on 20 July 1902. The original map was signed E M Little, 2nd Lieutenant of the R.G.A. [Royal Garrison Artillery]....
Black and white reproduction of a map of Ash-Shehr [Ash Shihr], Yemen. The map is signed E M Little, 2nd Lieutenant of the Royal Garrison Artillery, and was drawn on 20 July 1902, at Steamer Point, Aden. The map shows the extent of the town’s walls, indicating its gates, and significant building...
‘Compass sketch With Cavalry Sketching case from camp at Wadi Haban up the old Himiaritic road to Jabal Harir and return by footpath from Al Masna’s’
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Reproduction of a map in black ink showing the landscape between Wadi Haban [Wādī Ḩabbān] and Jabal Harir [Jabal Ḩarīr], Yemen. The map is signed by Major Crawford, Royal Artillery, and dated 17-20 December 1903. It indicates an ascent of approximately 2,000 feet, and is marked with form lines (...
‘Sketch of route to Jabal Al Huria from Al Kasha.’
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Reproduction of a map in black ink indicating the route to Jabal Al Huria [Jabal Ḩūrīyah] from Al Kasha [Al Qash‘ah]. The map indicates: the contours of the landscape; villages; rivers and other water sources; and a dotted line indicating the route. Lettered annotations (A-E) indicate villages i...