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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name War Office, 1857-1964

241. IOR/L/PS/20/C253/1, f 159

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C253/1, f 159
Title:
Basra Showing Ma‘qil, Ashar and Basra City
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1935
Extent:
1 map sheet

242. 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

243. IOR/L/PS/20/C253/1, f 161

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C253/1, f 161
Title:
Plan of Ma‘qil
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1934
Extent:
1 map sheet

244. IOR/L/PS/20/C253/1, f 162

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C253/1, f 162
Title:
Map Shewing Irrigation Control in Central and Lower ‘Iraq
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1935
Extent:
1 map sheet

245. IOR/L/PS/20/C253/1, f 163

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C253/1, f 163
Title:
Orographical and Economic Map
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1935
Extent:
1 map sheet

246. 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

247. 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

248. 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

249. IOR/L/PS/20/C253/1, f 167

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C253/1, f 167
Title:
‘Iraq, Map Shewing Railways
Scope & Content:
This map depicts the railway network in ‘Iraq [Iraq], showing railway lines, with standard and metre gauges indicated, and railway stations and water stations. The map also shows main cities and settlements, the rivers Tigris, Euphrates, Zab, and Shatt al Arab, and tributaries and branches, lake...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1941
Extent:
1 map sheet

250. IOR/L/PS/20/E56

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/E56
Title:
‘MILITARY REPORT ON ARABIA.’
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of a military report on Arabia. It was published in 1904 and prepared by the General Staff, War Office. It is divided into eight chapters by the following locations: ‘General Description of Arabia Proper.’ The region of Syria [Greater Syria] The Hejaz The Yemen Nejd [Najd] El...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1904
Extent:
1 volume (169 folios)