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111. IOR/L/PS/20/C126/2, f 120

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C126/2, f 120
Title:
To Illustrate the Persian Invasions of Hellas
Scope & Content:
The map sheet is one of seven maps included in IOR/L/PS/20/C126/2. It shows the route taken by Xerxes I, Ruler of the Achaemenid Empire, during his invasion of Greece in 480 BC. It includes western and central Turkey, the islands of the Aegean Sea, and the eastern coast of Greece. It portrays ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1921
Extent:
1 map sheet

112. IOR/L/PS/20/33, f 63

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/33, f 63
Title:
Map No 4 ‘PLAN SHOWING THE WATERWAYS & DISTRIBUTION OF HELMUND DELTA’
Scope & Content:
The map shows the Helmund River Delta. The scale is 1 inch to 2 miles. 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. No. 162, Print., I.–July.9...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1898
Extent:
1 map

113. IOR/L/PS/20/35, f 52

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/35, f 52
Title:
‘Map of Basra and Magil’
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1919
Extent:

1 map

114. IOR/L/PS/20/35, f 55

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/35, f 55
Title:
‘Lower Mesopotamia between Baghdad and the Persian Gulf’
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1919
Extent:

1 map

115. IOR/L/PS/20/130, f 44

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/130, f 44
Title:
PERSIAN GULF AND ADJACENT COUNTRIES
Scope & Content:
The map shows the Persian Gulf and adjacent countries including regions of Arabia, the Turkish Empire, Persia, Russian Turkistan [Turkestan], Afghanistan, and Baluchistan. It was originally created by the War Office, June 1908, with additions made in April 1911, and is found in the volume 'Repor...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1911
Extent:
1 map

116. IOR/L/PS/20/C234, f 279

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C234, f 279
Title:
‘Sketch Map Illustrating the Wanderings of German Parties in Persia and Afghanistan.’
Scope & Content:
This map is one of fourteen map sheets included in IOR/L/PS/20/C234. It depicts the routes taken by different German military missions through Mesopotamia [Iraq], Persia [Iran], and Afghanistan during the First World War. These routes are shown in red and labelled with the name of the German of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1929
Extent:
1 map sheet

117. IOR/L/PS/20/C126/2, f 397

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C126/2, f 397
Title:
Map of Eastern Turkey in Asia, Syria and Western Persia
Scope & Content:
The map sheet is one of seven maps included in IOR/L/PS/20/C126/2. It shows the names and locations of key settlements and regions during the period of the Babylonian and Assyrian empires. These are superimposed in red ink over a map of the eastern Ottoman Empire. Portrays hydrology, relief by...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1921
Extent:
1 map sheet

118. IOR/L/PS/20/125, f 20

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/125, f 20
Title:
Plan showing three sections of the route taken by Colonel Augustus Le Messurier in 1887
Scope & Content:
Plan marked paper no. 7D, indicating the height above sea level (expressed in feet) of three sections of the route taken from Rasht to Bushire, by Colonel Augustus Le Messurier of the Bombay Engineers, in 1887. The three sections are as follows: rough section along the high road from Shiraz to K...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1887-1888
Extent:

3 plans

119. IOR/L/PS/20/C202/4, f 101

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C202/4, f 101
Title:
‘Supplementary Sheet to Tribal and Communication Map of Area No. 7 shewing Maqata’as’
Scope & Content:
This map is one of three map sheets included in IOR/L/PS/20/C202/4. It depicts part of south-eastern Iraq, centred on the town of Amarah. The map shows the territorial boundaries of different tribal groups. The names and territories of the main tribal groups are shown in red, while the names a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1923
Extent:
1 map sheet

120. IOR/L/PS/20/C234, f 182

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C234, f 182
Title:
‘To Illustrate the Action of Deh Shaikh. 25th May, 1918.’
Scope & Content:
This map is one of fourteen map sheets included in IOR/L/PS/20/C234. It shows the area surrounding the village of Deh Shaikh, which was the site of a military confrontation on 25 May 1918 between British Indian troops and a force of Qashqai [Qashqāy] fighters led by Saulat Ud-Daula [Ṣawlat al-D...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1929
Extent:
1 map sheet