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1. IOR/L/PS/5/385, f 435

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/385, f 435
Title:
‘PLAN of the City of BUSSORAH’
Scope & Content:
This sketch map shows a plan of the city of Bussorah [Basra]. A numbered list identifies major buildings, and also indicates the city walls and gates, bazars [bazaars], and ruins. The Shatt al-Arab (labelled as the Euphrates), other hydrology, and vegetation are also indicated. The map is a cop...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1840
Extent:
1 map sheet

2. IOR/L/PS/6/111, ff 111-123a

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/6/111, ff 111-123a
Title:
Political No. 143 of 1873, Forwarding Copies of Papers Relating to the Transfer to Bussorah of the Depot at Maaghil, on the Euphrates
Scope & Content:
This item consists of copies of a Political Despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 11 August 1873 and received by the India Office Political Department on 8 September 1873, forwarding copies of papers relating to the transfer to Bussora...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Aug 1873-8 Sep 1873
Extent:
1 item (18 folios)

3. IOR/X/3174

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/3174
Title:
'The line of Route as traversed by Lieut[enan]t. Rob[er]t. Taylor 2nd. Mad[ra]s. Cavalry from Bagdad to Bussorah via the antient [ancient] canal of the Hye'
Scope & Content:
Covers a 350-mile river route in Mesopotamia between Bagdad [Baghdad, Iraq] and Bussorah [Basra, Iraq] via the River Tigris, Hye Canal [Shatt al Gharraf, Iraq] and River Euphrates. Portrays hydrology, settlements and place names, and includes topographical and navigational notes, and some pictor...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1813
Extent:

1 map sheet