This volume consists of Military Report on ’Iraq, Volume I: General, published in 1936 and prepared by the Command of the Air Ministry. The volume contains a variety of information about ’Iraq [Iraq], including its geography, economy, population and history. It is divided into nine chapters unde...
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...
This map is a graphic index showing the location and extent of the following two map series produced of territory in ‘Iraq [Iraq] and Iran: the ‘Iraq’ half inch regular series and the ‘M[esopotamian].E[xpeditionary].F[orce].’ half inch large sheet series. A brief key indicates how each series is...
Index to Iraq Degree Sheet Series 1:253,440. Iraq Desert Series 1:500,000. General Series 1:1,000,000.
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This map is a graphic index showing the location and extent of British maps of the Middle East. The maps range in scale, covering territory in Iraq, Kuwait, Nejd [Najd], Palestine, Trans-Jordan [Jordan], Turkey, and Syria. The series illustrated in the map are: Iraq Degree Sheet Series 1:253,44...
This map depicts the city of Baghdad. The map shows the River Tigris, names the city’s districts, and depicts main roads, bridges, lanes, railways, and covered bazaars. Also shown are key sites of civil and military infrastructure and services, including airports, stations, mosques, hospitals, f...
This map depicts the city of Basra, showing the settlements of ‘Basra City’, Ma‘qil [Al Ma‘qil] and Ashar [Al Ashar]; other smaller settlements are also demarcated. The map shows the Shatt-al-‘Arab [Shatt al-Arab] and its tributary creeks, and depicts the main railways, bridges, canals, and road...
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...
This map depicts the settlement of Ma‘qil [Al Ma‘qil] in Basra, showing the Shatt al Arab and tributary creeks, the Qurmat Canal, railways, and main roads. The map also shows civil and military sites including railway and dockyard buildings and infrastructure, water and power works, communicatio...
Map Shewing Irrigation Control in Central and Lower ‘Iraq
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This map depicts irrigation control in central and lower ‘Iraq [Iraq], showing the main waterways including the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, the Shatt Al ‘Arab [Shatt al-Arab] and other tributaries, canals, channels, and lakes. Other irrigation and water features included in the map are river ba...
This map depicts the orographic and economic features of ‘Iraq [Iraq]. Relief is shown in shades of brown tinting. The map depicts the key economic products of ‘Iraq’s regions: barley, bitumen, camels, cotton, dates, fruit, liquorice, oil, rice, sheep, and wheat; and also delineates the upper va...