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1. IOR/L/PS/20/C253/1, f 165

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C253/1, f 165
Title:
Communications
Scope & Content:
The map depicts the electrical communications network of ‘Iraq [Iraq], depicting telegraph and telephone cables, government and oil company telegraph stations, and underground cables, in red. The map also shows ‘Iraq’s key settlements, railway lines, the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, including tr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1935
Extent:
1 map sheet

2. IOR/L/PS/20/C259, f 399

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C259, f 399
Title:
‘FIG. 60. Principal Communications’
Scope & Content:
A map displaying communications in Persia [Iran] and some areas of neighbouring countries. Main roads are indicated in red. Railways are indicated in black, with different line patterns indicating completed, under construction, and projected railway lines. Navigable waterways are indicated by dou...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1945
Extent:
1 map sheet

3. IOR/L/PS/20/E56, f 166

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/E56, f 166
Title:
‘SKETCH MAP OF ARABIA’
Scope & Content:
The map sheet is one of two included in IOR/L/PS/20/E56. The map shows the regions of Arabia, Persia [Iran], Egypt, Cyprus, the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. It also shows the Arabian Sea, the Red Sea, the Mediterranean Sea and the Caspian Sea. Included is an inset of Koweit [Kuwait] and th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1904
Extent:
1 map sheet

4. IOR/L/PS/20/C253/1, f 166

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C253/1, f 166
Title:
‘Iraq
Scope & Content:
This map depicts ‘Iraq [Iraq], showing main cities and settlements; major hydrographic features, including the rivers Tigris, Euphrates, Zab and Shatt al Arab, and tributaries and branches, wadis, marshland, lakes, ‘inundated areas’, wells, and the Persian Gulf; aerodromes, motor roads, and rail...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1935
Extent:
1 map sheet

5. IOR/L/PS/20/C259, f 256

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C259, f 256
Title:
‘FIG. 52. Tribal distribution.’
Scope & Content:
A map displaying ethnic and tribal groups in Persia [Iran]. Some tribal boundaries are indicated by dashed lines. The winter and summer quarters of some nomadic groups are indicated by ‘W’ and ‘S’. The map also indicates major towns and international boundaries.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1945
Extent:
1 map sheet

6. IOR/L/PS/20/C253/1, f 155

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C253/1, f 155
Title:
Administrative Divisions
Scope & Content:
This map depicts the liwa [administrative divisions] within ‘Iraq [Iraq]. The boundaries, names, and the sites of the capitals of each liwa are shown in red. The map shows ‘Iraq’s key settlements, railway lines, the Tigris and Euphrates rivers including tributary branches, and depicts the bounda...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1935
Extent:
1 map sheet

7. IOR/L/PS/20/C253/1, f 160

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C253/1, f 160
Title:
Mosul
Scope & Content:
This map depicts the city of Mosul in ’Iraq [Iraq], showing the River Tigris, main roads, buildings, the main bazaar, and key districts and quarters. An index reference guide locates the key sites of civil and military infrastructure, including schools, clubs, courts, hospitals, palaces, barrack...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1936
Extent:
1 map sheet

8. IOR/L/PS/20/C253/1, f 164

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C253/1, f 164
Title:
Magnetic Variation
Scope & Content:
This map depicts lines of magnetic variation in the Middle East, showing lines of equal magnetic variation in 1932, and lines of approximate annual change. The map also shows key cities and settlements in the Middle East, particularly in Iraq and its neighbouring countries, and also shows the Me...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1936
Extent:
1 map sheet

9. IOR/L/PS/20/FO20, f 166

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/FO20, f 166
Title:
DAMASCUS-MEKKA RAILWAY.
Scope & Content:
A printed map of the Hejaz Railway from Damascus to Mekka [Mecca]. The map is a copy of an original that was produced by Hajji Mukhtar Bey [Ḥājjī Mukhtār Beg], Technical Adviser of the Hejaz Railway, and compiled by Captain (Artillery) Eumer Zekki [‘Umar Zakī] and Lieutenant Hassan Muin [Ḥasan M...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1904
Extent:
1 map sheet

10. IOR/L/PS/20/C101/1, f 193

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C101/1, f 193
Title:
INDEX MAP TO GAZETTEER OF PERSIA
Scope & Content:
An index map indicating the areas of Persia [Iran] covered by different volumes of the ‘Routes in Persia’ series produced by the Division of the Chief of Staff, Army Headquarters India (catalogued as IOR/L/PS/20/C101/1-12). The map displays Persia and surrounding countries. Persia is divided o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jul 1909
Extent:
1 map sheet