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...
The map shows a British cable station at Cape Jashk on the coast of south-eastern Persia, indicating principal buildings, wells, water tanks, the routes of a land telegraph and undersea cables, hydrology and topography. The map is Plate 1 in 'Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman' (Naval Intelligence D...
Relief map found at folio 64 of 'Reconnaissances in Mesopotamia, Kurdistan, North-West Persia and Luristan, Volume I', by F R Maunsell. The map shows Rawanduz and the surrounding territory, including the Rhubar Gorge, and is bounded on the east by the Beni Hindawin range. The map shows hydrolog...
The map shows a region of eastern Africa around Obokh [Obock] at the northern entrance to the Gulf of Tajura, indicating buildings, hydrology, soundings and navigation lights, with short descriptions of vegetation and tidal conditions, and a brief note on the visibility of buoys. The map was com...
This map was drawn to reflect the tribal divisions of the Bani Malik tribe in south-eastern Iraq. Major towns, lakes and districts are referenced on the map by name but no other detail is given. The names of each tribe and outlines of their areas of control are marked in red.
Persia. No 1 (1909). Correspondence respecting the affairs of Persia, December 1906 to November 1908
Scope & Content:
A publication comprising copies of correspondence, principally between HM Minister at Tehran, the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, HM Ambassador to Russia, and various representatives of the Persian Government. The item also contains extracts from the Monthly Summaries of Events, submitted...
Relief map found at folio 74 of 'Reconnaissances in Mesopotamia, Kurdistan, North-West Persia and Luristan, Volume I', by F R Maunsell. The map shows the plateau of Amadiyeh [Al 'Amādīyah], and surrounding mountains, vegetation, ruins, and villages (Kwaneh, Mariska). The map contains the follo...
Map found at folio 101 of 'Reconnaissances in Mesopotamia, Kurdistan, North-West Persia and Luristan, Volume I', by F R Maunsell. The relief map shows the rocky ridge between Feishkhabur [Fīsh Khābūr] and Zakho, bounded in the west by the river Tigris and in the north by the river Khabur.