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Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3283, f 236
Title:: ‘RIVER SHATT-AL-ARAB PORT OF BASRA’
Scope & Content:: The map shows soundings and proposed new port works for Basra. The survey was conducted by Captain O’Brien and Lieutenant Kilford under the direction of Brigadier-General Sir George Buchanan. It is part of George Buchanan’s report on the conservancy of the Shatt-el-Arab [Shatt al-Arab] of 20 June...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 20 Jun 1917
Extent:: 1 map sheet

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3283, f 237
Title:: ‘MOUTH OF THE SHATT AL ARAB RIVER’
Scope & Content:: The map shows soundings and a proposed half tide training wall. It is reduced from the survey by Lieutenants Melhuish and Milne-Henderson (July to October 1916), with a resurvey of the outer bar by Lieutenants Maundrell and Sanderson (April 1917). It is part of George Buchanan’s report on the con...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 20 Jun 1917
Extent:: 1 map sheet

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3283, f 238
Title:: ‘SHATT-AL-ARAB OUTER BAR’
Scope & Content:: The map shows soundings and a proposed dredged channel, but no land features. The co-ordinates are approximate. It is referred to in George Buchanan’s report on the conservancy of the Shatt-el-Arab [Shatt al-Arab] of 20 June 1917.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 20 Jun 1917
Extent:: 1 map sheet

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3283, f 239
Title:: ‘PLAN showing Principal Ports in Persian Gulf with Town & Trade Routes served by each’
Scope & Content:: The map shows railways, political borders, towns, population sizes, and British and Russian spheres of influence. It is part of George Buchanan’s report on the conservancy of the Shatt-el-Arab [Shatt al-Arab] of 20 June 1917.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 20 Jun 1917
Extent:: 1 map sheet

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3283, f 240
Title:: ‘PERSIAN GULF APPROACHES TO SHATT-AL-ARAB AND BAHMISHIR RIVERS NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER 1890’
Scope & Content:: The map shows soundings, contours, mud banks, buoys, settlements, and comments on the type of ground. The co-ordinates are approximate. It is referred to in George Buchanan’s report of 20 June 1917.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 20 Jun 1917
Extent:: 1 map sheet

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3283, f 241
Title:: ‘MOUTH OF THE SHATT AL ARAB RIVER’
Scope & Content:: The map shows soundings, contours and the correct position of channel buoys in April 1911. The co-ordinates are approximate. It is part of George Buchanan’s report on the conservancy of the Shatt-el-Arab [Shatt al-Arab] of 20 June 1917.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 20 Jun 1917
Extent:: 1 map sheet

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3283, f 242
Title:: ‘MOUTH OF THE SHATT AL ARAB RIVER Plan showing existing & proposed lighted buoys’
Scope & Content:: The map shows details of the mouth of the Shatt al Arab, including Fao [Faw], forts on land, settlements, and a line of proposed and actual buoys in the bay. It is part of George Buchanan’s report on the conservancy of the Shatt-el-Arab [Shatt al-Arab] of 20 June 1917.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 20 Jun 1917
Extent:: 1 map sheet

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3283, f 243
Title:: ‘Shatt al Arab Longitudinal section of channel from Fao to beyond Outer Bar in 1890, 1911 & 1916 respectively’
Scope & Content:: The vertical scale is 1:24. The map shows the height of the river bed of the Shatt al Arab from Fao [Al-Faw] to 18 miles below Fao, at the edge of the outer bar where the channel drops into the Persian Gulf. It is part of George Buchanan’s report on the conservancy of the Shatt-el-Arab [Shatt al-...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 20 Jun 1917
Extent:: 1 map sheet

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3301, f 300
Title:: ‘INDEX PLAN SHEWING MESOPOTAMIAN RAILWAYS’
Scope & Content:: The map shows railways which are proposed, under construction, and extant, with size of gauge marked in different colours. It also shows settlements, rivers, and roads. The map is part of a report by Major-General Sir Francis Edward Freeland entitled ‘On the Working and Future Development of th...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: Apr 1918
Extent:: 1 map sheet

Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3301, f 304
Title:: Skeleton Map showing Distribution of Lines of Communication Defence Troops
Scope & Content:: The map shows railways, towns, and rivers. The location of troops is marked in red and annotations show the numbers of squadrons, sections, and battalions present. The map is part of a report by Major-General Sir Francis Edward Freeland entitled ‘On the Working and Future Development of the Po...
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: English
Date Range:: Apr 1918
Extent:: 1 map sheet

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