Maps Relating to the First World War in the Former Ottoman Empire
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Maps Relating to the First World War in the former Ottoman Empire. As follows: f 1 Northern Persia [Iran] and Caucasia: map fragment [1916?] f 2 The Ottoman Empire north of 33°N. 1916 ff 3-4 'Arabia and Middle East'. Friendly and hostile confederations. [1916?] f 5 'The Middle East'. Published b...
North-east segment of a larger, unidentified printed map. Covers northern Persia [Iran] and present-day Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia with significant parts of Iraq, Turkey and Turkmenistan. Portrays hydrology, railways, settlements, place names and international boundaries. Date derived from ...
Printed sheet covering the Ottoman Empire as far south as Damascus and Baghdad. Includes all, or at least significant parts, of present-day Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon and Syria. Portrays hydrology, railways, settlements, place names, and internati...
Published by 'Admiralty War Staff I[ntelligence].D[ivision].' Covers the Middle East and south-west Asia. Printed map sheet portrays hydrology, railways, settlements, place names and international boundaries. Creation date derived from railway information. Verso bears the manuscript annotation...
'Russian Turkistan to accompany Military Report on Russian Turkistan'
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Published by the General Staff India. Provides full-country coverage of Russian Turkistan [present-day Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, with part of Kazakhstan]. Portrays hydrology, relief by hachures, railways, roads, settlements, place names, international boundaries and th...
'Map of Eastern Turkey in Asia, Syria and Western Persia'. With manuscript annotations relating to the Hejaz railway
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Bears the imprint 'Published by the Royal Geographical Society, 1910. Railways inserted to November, 1915'. Portrays hydrology, relief by spot heights, roads, railways, telegraphs, settlements, place names and international boundaries. Manuscript annotations highlight four sites on the Hejaz rai...
Printed sheet bearing the series designation 'Geographical Section, General Staff No. 2149' and providing full country coverage of Persia [Iran] and Afghanistan with significant partial coverage of present-day Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Pakistan and Iraq. Portrays, hydrology, rel...
Printed sheet bearing the series designation 'Geographical Section, General Staff No. 2149' and providing full country coverage of Persia [Iran] and Afghanistan with significant partial coverage of present-day Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Pakistan and Iraq. Portrays, hydrology, rel...
'Sketch map of Arabia'. With manuscript additions showing 'Friendly' and 'Hostile' Confederations
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Printed sheet bearing the series designation 'I[intelligence].D[ivision].W[ar].O[ffice]. No. 1835' and the imprint 'Corrections, July, 1905. Railways revised Sept. 1906.' Portrays hydrology, relief by hachures, railways, roads, submarine telegraphs, settlements, place names and international bou...
'A Map of the Countries Between Constantinople and Calcutta including Turkey in Asia, Persia, Afghanistan & Turkestan.' Western portion only. With manuscript additions showing the positions of military forces and updates to communications
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Western half of printed map sheet; the eastern half, disassociated, was not present on transfer. Western portion bears the imprints 'London; Published by Edward Stanford, Ltd., 12, 13, & 14, Lon[g Acre, W.C., Oct. 1st., 1912]' and '11012'. Covers western Asia, including the Arabian Peninsu...
