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111. IOR/X/3100/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/3100/1
Title:
‘Map of the Countries lying between the Euphrates and Indus on the East and West, and the Oxus and Terek and Indian Ocean on the North and South. By John Macdonald Kinneir’
Scope & Content:
Imprint: London. Published, by A. Arrowsmith No. 10 Soho Square – Hydrographer to His Majesty. Distinctive Features: Title continues: ‘Inscribed to Brigadier General Sir John Malcolm Knight of the Royal Persian Order of the Lion and Sun’. Relief shown by shading. Map produced to accompan...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Jan 1832
Extent:
1 map on 16 sheets

112. IOR/X/3112

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/3112
Title:
Plan of Bushire in 1853 with the Forts and Shewing Approximately the Works Since Added. Made by Mid.n. A.W. Stiffe, in 1853, Under the Orders of Lieut: Constable, I. N.
Scope & Content:
Imprint: Calcutta, lithographed by H.M. Smith at the Surveyor Generals Office. Signed by the Deputy Surveyor General. Distinctive Features: Relief shown by contours. Sketch map of Bushire showing the fortifications and location of the British Residency building, the Persian Flagstaff (flag...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1867
Extent:
1 map

113. IOR/X/3686

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/3686
Title:
‘Trigonometrical Plan of the Backwater at Ul Umrah on the Arabian side of the Persian Gulf by Lieut. R. Cogan under the direction of Lt. J.M. Guy, H.C. Marine, 1822’
Scope & Content:
Distinctive Features: Depths shown by soundings. Hand drawn nautical chart of the shores of the Persian Gulf compiled from the survey carried out by the Bombay Marine’s officers in 1822 showing Ul Umrah [Al Jazīrah al Ḩamrā’, United Arab Emirates]. Includes notes on water levels and soundin...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1822
Extent:
1 map

114. IOR/X/2950

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/2950
Title:
‘Map Showing the Steam Communication and Overland Routes Between England, India, China & Australia. Drawn & Engraved by J. Walker’
Scope & Content:
Imprint: London, W[illia]m H. Allen & Co., 13 Waterloo Place, S.W. Distinctive Features: Map of the Eastern Hemisphere showing land and sea routes between England, India, China and Australia featuring a table of reference listing various shipping companies with destinations reported. Rou...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1853
Extent:
1 map

115. IOR/X/3679

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/3679
Title:
'A List of Names of Positions on Both Sides of the Persian Gulph. Baghdad 25th February 1836'
Scope & Content:
Bound volume divided into two sections: Folios 2 to 6: Persian Coast and Islands Folios 6 to 13: Arabian Coast and Islands Names are listed in Arabic with 'their vulgar pronounciation in English letters' and spelling 'as expressed in the chart'. Selection and spelling of names relate to the ...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1836
Extent:
1 volume (14 folios)

116. IOR/X/3094/1-4

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/3094/1-4
Title:
‘Map of Western Baluchistan Compiled by Order of H.M. Secretary of State for India to Show the Western Frontier of the Territories H.H. the Khan of Kalat as Determined by the Frontier Commission Under Major General Sir Frederic J. Goldsmid C.B., K.C.S.I., by Major O.B.C. [Oliver Beauchamp Coventry ] St. John R.E.’
Scope & Content:
Distinctive Features: Relief shown by shading and spot heights. Boundary indicated by pecked line and tinted pink; unexplored areas labelled. Routes of various expeditions shown in colour with names of explorers and dates of their journeys given. Numerous notations on topographic features inser...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1874
Extent:
1 map

117. IOR/X/3188

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/3188
Title:
'Survey of the River Karun from its junction with the Shat el Arab below Mohameerah to about 20 Miles above Ahwaz - from Ismaeenah [Ismailia a, Iran] upwards'
Scope & Content:
Portrays the River Karun in north-western Persia [Iran] from approximately 20 miles north-east of Ahwaz [Ahvaz] downstream approximately 170 miles to its confluence with the Shat el Arab [Shatt al Arab] (spelled Shat al Arab on the map face) at Mohameerah [Khorramshahr] (also spelled Mohamerah o...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1841
Extent:

1 map sheet

118. IOR/X/3235

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/3235
Title:
‘Plan of Ras-ul-Girreff shewing the junction with the proposed line of works across the Isthmus with the Tunnel and projected Scarping and ultimate Batteries on the hill’ and ‘Plan of Gibul Hudeed and the end of the Spur from Durub-ul-Hosh shewing the junction with the projected line of works across the Isthmus with the ultimate Defences on Gibul Hudeed and the Pier’
Scope & Content:
Distinctive Features: Compiled and signed by a Special Committee on the Aden Defences formed of Engineers William Jacob and C.W. Grant, Bombay 11th September 1843. Relief shown by shading. Shows proposed road and tunnel connecting the two portions of lines with a section through the tunnel....
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1844
Extent:
2 plans on 1 sheet

119. IOR/X/3236

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/3236
Title:
‘Plans and Sections of the several redoubts and connecting rampart and ditch forming the proposed new line of works across the Isthmus of Aden’
Scope & Content:
Distinctive Features: Compiled and signed by a Special Committee on the Aden Defences formed of Engineers William Jacob and C.W. Grant, Bombay 11th September 1843. Contains five plans lettered for reference with corresponding sections and measurements reported. Inscriptions: Bottom right: ...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1843
Extent:
5 plans on 1 sheet

120. 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