Distinctive Features: Plan of Baghdad showing principal roads, old city walls, the telegraph, horse tramway and railway lines with terminus, the location of government and public buildings including markets, theatres, liquor shops and brothels. Public buildings numbered and lettered for referen...
This maps shows the approximate distribution of various tribal groupings in the Upper Euphrates region of Iraq, designated as a military area. The map also shows hydrology, tracks, railways, and other infrastructure relevant for military use.
Imprint: Ordnance Survey, 1916. Distinctive Features: General map of Mesopotamia [Iraq] showing in green the approximate areas for proposed irrigation scheme. Shows rivers, railway lines with Turco-Persian boundary indicated by dash-dot line. Includes table of reference at lower left of the ...
This map shows the communications infrastructure Iraq on two sheets, one for all of Iraq north of Baghdad, and another south of it. The map shows the country's major settlements and focuses on the communications routes comprised of roads, railways, and pipelines, but also includes proposed railways.
Distinctive Features: Plan of Baghdad issued by the Admiralty War Staff showing principal roads, outline of the old city walls, the telegraph, horse tramway and railway lines with terminus and camel loading bank; the government and public buildings including police post, barracks and possible b...
Distinctive Features: Plan of Baghdad issued by the Admiralty War Staff showing principal roads, outline of the old city walls, the telegraph, horse tramway and railway lines with terminus and camel loading bank; the government and public buildings including police post, barracks and possible b...
Imprint: Ordnance Survey, 1916. Distinctive Features: General map of Mesopotamia [Iraq] showing ethnic division with the approximate location of the various ethnic groups (Arabs, Kurds and mixed races) across the region marked in colour and explained in a table of reference at the lower left...
‘LOWER MESOPOTAMIA BETWEEN BAGHDAD AND THE PERSIAN GULF’
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The map shows cultivation in Lower Mesopotamia [Iraq] between Baghdad and the Persian Gulf. Rice cultivation is shown in dark green, while other cultivation is shown in light green. The map also shows the positions of settlements, rivers, railways, and highlights mountainous terrain. The Turco-P...
This map shows the region of central Kurdistan as area 9 among ten designated military areas of Iraq from 1929. The map also shows elements of the region important for military purposes such as hydrology and communications infrastructure, including roads, telegraph lines, and railways.
This map shows the tribal composition of the Lower Euphrates Region of Iraq, alongside various infrastructural elements relevant to military use such as roads, railways, telegraph lines, and human settlements.