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1. Mss Eur F112/555

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F112/555
Title:
Maps of the First World War Campaign in Mesopotamia
Scope & Content:
Maps as follows: f 1 'Arabia and Middle East'. 'Friendly' and 'Hostile' Confederations with manuscript additions [1916?] f 2 'Lower Mesopotamia between Baghdad and the Persian Gulf'. Created by the War Office, 1916 f 3 'Country North of the Persian Gulf'. Created by the War Office, 1916 f 4 'Ske...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916-1917
Extent:

8 map sheets

2. Mss Eur F112/552

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F112/552
Title:
Maps Relating to the First World War in the Former Ottoman Empire
Scope & Content:
Maps Relating to the First World War in the former Ottoman Empire. As follows: f 1 Northern Persia [Iran] and Caucasia: map fragment [1916?] f 2 The Ottoman Empire north of 33°N. 1916 ff 3-4 'Arabia and Middle East'. Friendly and hostile confederations. [1916?] f 5 'The Middle East'. Published b...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1906-1918
Extent:

15 map sheets

3. Mss Eur F112/558

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F112/558
Title:
Maps 'Berlin-Baghdad or "Mittel Europa"'
Scope & Content:
These maps represent a British impression of the expansionist ambitions of the German State during the First World War derived from the writings of Pan-Germanic authors of the period, in particular Paul Anton de Lagarde. The map represents the route of the railway project that links the Central ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and German
Date Range:
1916-1917
Extent:

2 map sheets

4. Mss Eur F112/558, f 2

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F112/558, f 2
Title:
Lithograph depicting Rumania's Allied allegiance
Scope & Content:
Printed sheet depicting Rumania [Romania] in green (Allied). Bears the annotation 'Lord Curzon'. Also shows updated population figures for Central Powers countries. Verso bears the annotations 'All Europe' and 'Lord Curzon'.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and German
Date Range:
1916-1917
Extent:
1 map sheet

5. Mss Eur F112/558, f 1

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F112/558, f 1
Title:
Lithograph depicting Rumania as neutral, with later watercolour wash to show her subsequent Allied allegiance
Scope & Content:
Original printed sheet depicted Rumania [Romania] in yellow (neutral). On this copy Rumania has been painted over with a green watercolour wash to show her later Allied allegiance. Also shows population figures for Central Powers countries. Verso bears the annotation 'Berlin to Baghdad'. Anoth...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and German
Date Range:
1916-1917
Extent:
1 map sheet

6. Mss Eur F112/552, f 5

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F112/552, f 5
Title:
'The Middle East'
Scope & Content:
Published by 'Admiralty War Staff I[ntelligence].D[ivision].' Covers the Middle East and south-west Asia. Printed map sheet portrays hydrology, railways, settlements, place names and international boundaries. Creation date derived from railway information. Verso bears the manuscript annotation...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1914
Extent:

1 map sheet

7. Mss Eur F112/552, f 8

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F112/552, f 8
Title:
'Persia and Afghanistan'
Scope & Content:
Printed sheet bearing the series designation 'Geographical Section, General Staff No. 2149' and providing full country coverage of Persia [Iran] and Afghanistan with significant partial coverage of present-day Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Pakistan and Iraq. Portrays, hydrology, rel...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1912
Extent:

1 map sheet

8. Mss Eur F112/552, f 9

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F112/552, f 9
Title:
'Persia and Afghanistan'
Scope & Content:
Printed sheet bearing the series designation 'Geographical Section, General Staff No. 2149' and providing full country coverage of Persia [Iran] and Afghanistan with significant partial coverage of present-day Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Pakistan and Iraq. Portrays, hydrology, rel...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916
Extent:

1 map sheet

9. Mss Eur F112/555, f 3

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F112/555, f 3
Title:
'Country North of the Persian Gulf'
Scope & Content:
Classified 'Secret'. Created by the War Office. Covers the northernmost fifty miles of the Persian Gulf and its hinterland extending 400 miles to the north and west into Lower Mesopotamia in present-day Iraq and Iran. Portrays freshwater and coastal hydrology, roads and tracks, railways, telegr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916
Extent:
1 map sheet

10. Mss Eur F112/555, f 8

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F112/555, f 8
Title:
Kut to Sheikh Saad
Scope & Content:
Created by Ordnance Survey. Covers a forty-five-mile length of the River Tigris from Kut [Al-Kut] eastwards to Sheikh Saad [Shaykh Sa'd] in present-day eastern Iraq. Sheet extends approximately five miles to the north and fifteen miles to the south of the river. Created to support the Allied rel...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916
Extent:
1 map sheet