The map tracing shows a sketch of the country between Zaida [Za’idah] and Aden. It was traced to show the location of the Huswah [Al-Huswah, written as Haswah on the map] opposite Steamer Point on the other side of Aden Harbour. The map indicates place names, roads, forts, topography and stylis...
Map detailing parts of Aden flooded by heavy rainfall in May 1870
Scope & Content:
The map tracing shows areas in and around the Residency in Aden flooded by a torrent from the Koosaf [Khusaf] Valley during a storm on 28 May 1870. It indicates individual buildings and roads, with some individually labelled. Some topography is shown by grey shading. The map shows the four ‘hea...
This plan is part of IOR/P/437/72. It portrays the British Residency at Bushire [Bushehr]. Annotations indicate the function of each room, and the parts of the Residency raised above the basement are shaded in red. Drawn by Lieutenant Oliver St John.
Sketch map of area affected by plague in Turkish Arabia
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This map is part of IOR/P/437/71. It portrays the site of an outbreak of plague in central Turkish Arabia [Ottoman Iraq], focused on several settlements south-east of Kerbela [Karbala]. The route that Doctor William Henry Colvill took through the area while investigating the outbreak is shown ...