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032-000538283 Material Type Maps and Plans

641. IOR/L/PS/20/122, ff 2-5

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/122, ff 2-5
Title:
‘Map showing road from Shiraz to Jashk’
Scope & Content:
Map on four sheets numbered I-IV, produced from an original survey by Richard John Preece, Assistant Superintendent of the Telegraph Department, Persia. The maps show the road between Shiraz and Jashk [Jāsk], as travelled by Preece on a journey on foot in 1884, and described in the enclosing vol...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1884
Extent:
1 map on 4 sheets

642. IOR/L/PS/20/MEMO43, f 17

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/MEMO43, f 17
Title:
'Sketchto illustrate positions of Flagstaffs at Elphinstone Inlet and Sheep Island(Musandim Peninsula)'
Scope & Content:
A sketch of the Musandim Peninsula [Shibh Jazirat Musandam], including Elphinstone Inlet [Khawr ash Shamm], Sheep Island [Jazirat Umm al Ghanam] and Malcolm’s Inlet [Ghubbat al Ghazira]. The sketch is signed by William Henry Irvine Shakespear, Assistant Resident and HM Consul at Bandar Abbas [B...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Feb 1908
Extent:
1 map sheet

643. IOR/W/L/PS/12/3474 (iii)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/W/L/PS/12/3474 (iii)
Title:
‘Contoured Plan of Ground on right bank of River Karun’
Scope & Content:
The map is labelled ‘Plan No 3’ and marked confidential. Aside from contours and measurements, it shows: the Karun river [Rūd-e Kārūn] and its tributaries; settlements, including Ahwaz [Ahvāz]; the Persian telegraph line; some indication of topography. A note on the plan states that it references...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1907
Extent:
1 map

644. IOR/W/L/PS/12/3474 (xvi-xix)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/W/L/PS/12/3474 (xvi-xix)
Title:
‘Mr Van Roggen’s Ahwaz irrigation scheme. Cross sections of old canal’
Scope & Content:
The plan is numbered plan number 3 and consists of four sections, showing different cross sections of the old canal of the Ahwaz [Ahvāz] irrigation scheme. The horizontal scale of the plan is 1:2000, and its vertical scale is 1:200. The four sheets are each signed by Major W R Morton, Royal Engi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1905-1907
Extent:
1 plan on 4 sheets

645. 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

646. IOR/L/PS/5/378, f 133

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/378, f 133
Title:
‘MILITARY SURVEY OF THE PENINSULA OR CAPE OF ADEN ON THE COAST OF YEMEN A PROVINCE OF ARABIA FELIX’
Scope & Content:
Printed map showing Aden town; defences of entire peninsula, road network; distribution of the population including European settlements and the Jewish quarter; the new town; location of old ruined water tank; market. The map is signed by Captain Robert Foster, Chief Engineer’s Office, Bombay [...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Sep 1839
Extent:
1 map

647. IOR/L/PS/5/378, f 134

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/378, f 134
Title:
‘MILITARY SURVEY OF THE PENINSULA OR CAPE OF ADEN ON THE COAST OF YEMEN A PROVINCE OF ARABIA FELIX’
Scope & Content:
Printed map showing Aden town and proposed site of new Aden town, cantonments and communications routes. The map includes a key to numbered places on the map, and two tables of defences against a large or small naval force. The map is signed by Captain Robert Foster, Chief Engineer’s Office, Bo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Sep 1839
Extent:
1 map

648. IOR/L/PS/5/455, f 353

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/455, f 353
Title:
ROUGH MAP of the SOMALI COAST Shewing THE DIVISIOS OF THE TRIBES and the COURSE OF THE WEBBISHEBEYLI AND THE WEBBI GUNANA commonly called THE WEBBI and the JOOB
Scope & Content:
Map drawn by Lieutenant Charles John Cruttenden, Assistant Political Agent, Aden, included in his report entitled ‘Memoir on the Western or Edoor [Dir] Tribe inhabiting the Somali Coast’. The map shows the Horn of Africa, indicating the tribes that inhabit each area, as well as hydrology and set...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1848
Extent:
1 map sheet

649. IOR/L/PS/10/262/1, f 117

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/262/1, f 117
Title:
MAP TO SHOW THE LIMITS OF KOWEIT AND ADJACENT COUNTRIES'
Scope & Content:
Map showing the limits of Koweit [Kuwait] and its adjacent countries. The limits are denoted by two ink lines, one in red showing the city and immediate environs, and one in green showing the wider country boundary. The coastline of the Persian Gulf has been shaded in green. The map has been...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1913
Extent:
1 map sheet

650. IOR/W/L/PS/12/3474 (iv)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/W/L/PS/12/3474 (iv)
Title:
‘Plan of Ahwaz Rapids. River Karen at Ordinary Low Water Level (O.L.W.)’
Scope & Content:
The map is labelled ‘Plan No 4’ and marked confidential. The map indicates: rocks; sand and silt banks; water levels and contours; the walls of Ahwaz [Ahvāz]; Bandar Nasiri; buildings and premises including those belonging to Lynch Brothers (with wharf), the customs house, the Russian consulate,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1907
Extent:
1 map