Black and white photograph of the Amarah Bridge [Al ‘Amārah], seen in the background, with the foreground dominated by the Tigris river. A riverbank, lined with two-storey houses, is seen on the right edge of the photograph.
Black and white photograph of the banks of the river Tigris. On the right-hand side of the photograph, on the riverbank closest to the camera, various buildings stand amongst palm trees and other vegetation, with a slipway leading down to the water.
The map shows Basra, Magil [Al Ma‘qil], and the surrounding area. Key geographical features, specifically the Shatt Al-Arab and its creeks, are indicated in black ink. Also shown in black ink are: villages, buildings, railway lines, and numerous other facilities, most labelled with text (P. of W...
‘Sheet No. 1 Canal and Communication Map of Mesopotamia’
Scope & Content:
The map shows: existing canals and river systems, marked with blue lines; new canals, or the extensions to existing canals, marked with dashed blue lines; the direction of flow of rivers, indicated by small black arrows; district boundaries, marked with thick red dashed lines, and the names of e...
‘Sheet No. 2 Canal and Communication Map of Mesopotamia’
Scope & Content:
The map is an additional sheet intended to accompany the map on the preceding folio (f 53). Although this map bears no key, it uses the same colour-coding and symbols as found on folio 53, as follows: existing canals and river systems, marked with blue lines; new canals, or the extensions to exi...
‘Lower Mesopotamia between Baghdad and the Persian Gulf’
Scope & Content:
The map is printed in four colours, with each colour being used to indicate a different category of features: blue: hydrographical features, including the river systems of the Euphrates and Tigris, canals, marshes and lakes, and their names. Notes on the flooding characteristics of different geo...
The map shows the docks built on the south bank of the Shatt-Al Arab at Margil [Al Ma‘qil], near Basra, Mesopotamia. Features and facilities (some labelled I.W.T. [Inland Water Transport]) shown on the map include: dock infrastructure, including shipping berths, wharves, water channels, depots a...
Nushki Extension reconnaissance, 1918-19. 5'6" gauge ... Report and approximate estimates. By Maj L E Hopkins, Superintending Engineer Lahore: North Western Railway Press, 1919
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1919
Extent:
[i, 171pp] map, 2 sections, table (in pocket) plates
