‘SHEET No 1 CANAL AND COMMUNICATION MAP OF MESOPOTAMIA’
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A map of canal and communication of Mesopotamia [Iraq], illustrating the following: existing canals, rivers and lakes; new canals and extensions; district boundaries; and roads. The map covers the districts of Khalis, Baghdad, Diyalah [Diyala], Felujah [al-Falluja], Buchailah, Museyib [al-Musayyi...
‘SHEET No 2 CANAL AND COMMUNICATION MAP OF MESOPOTAMIA’
Scope & Content:
A map of canals and communications of Mesopotamia [Iraq], illustrating the following: existing canals, rivers and lakes; new canals and extensions; district boundaries; and roads. The map covers the districts of Kut [al-Kut], Amarah [al-Amarah], and Nasiriya [al-Nasiriyah]. The map is part of Sir...
A map of Basra (also written on the map as Basrah) and Magil [al-Maqil] illustrating the following: concrete roads; metalled roads; proposed metalled roads; kutcha roads; proposed kutcha roads; civil roads; and proposed civil roads. The map is part of Sir John Hewett’s ‘Report for the Army Counci...
‘LOWER MESPOTAMIA BETWEEN BAGHDAD AND THE PERSIAN GULF’
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A map of Lower Mesopotamia [Iraq] issued by the Geographical Section, General Staff. The map illustrates the following: roads possible for wheeled traffic; tracks; telegraphs; mountains; mounds; canals for irrigation; rivers; inlets of sea; wells; cisterns; defiles; dams; shrines; open plains; m...
Printed map showing telegraph lines in West Asia. The map includes a key of references of permanent telegraph lines, submarine cables, temporary telegraph lines and other existing permanent telegraph lines.
‘Telegraph Map of Mesopotamia Excluding Railway Wires and Telephone Lines’
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Printed map showing the lines of the telegraph passing through the different cities within Mesopotamia [Iraq]. The map includes a key of references describing the type of telegraph lines used in each city. The map is signed by Lieutenant-Colonel R E Goldsmidt, Director of Telegraphs Mesopotamia, ...
Printed map showing a green line representing the telegraph line from Yarmouth to Fao [Al Faw] and Tehran, passing through northern Europe, the Black Sea, Turkey and Iraq.
'Appendix II' Map of Mesopotamia Showing a Proposed Nestorian Enclave
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Map of Mesopotamia [approximately corresponding to present-day Iraq], with a black horizontal line denoting the northern limit of the British administration. An additional red line labelled ‘Proposed Nestorian Enclave’ marks out an area that straddles either side of the black line, with the half...