MAP SHOWING BOUNDARY BETWEEN SYRIA AND PALESTINE: SHEET II
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Sheet II, map reproduced by the Survey of Egypt, and appearing as an appendix to the Agreement between His Majesty's Government and the French Government respecting the Boundary Line between Syria and Palestine from the Mediterranean to El Hammé (1923). The work is Plane-table on Trigonometrica...
MAP SHOWING BOUNDARY BETWEEN SYRIA AND PALESTINE: SHEET III
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Sheet III, map reproduced by the Survey of Egypt, and appearing as an appendix to the Agreement between His Majesty's Government and the French Government respecting the Boundary Line between Syria and Palestine from the Mediterranean to El Hammé (1923). The map shows the boundary along the sho...
Map attached to appendix III of HM High Commissioner's despatch No. C.0/120, dated 9 December 1921. The map shows topographical features, contour lines, the Turco-Iraq frontier, Villages and wooded areas. Printing statement: 'Copied by Mohammad Hashim, HE the High Commissioner's Office. Reprod...
APPENDIX IV. MAP ENCLOSURE TO HE THE HIGH COMMISSIONER'S DESPATCH NO. C.0/120
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Map showing the boundary regions of Syria, Iraq, Turkey and Iran. The map displays the old Ottoman boundary; the boundaries established by the Treaty of Sèvres; and four proposed boundaries. It also shows topographical features, towns and villages.
The file contains the following reports submitted by HM Ambassador to Turkey, Sir George Russell Clerk: Report on the visit of the Prime Minister of Iraq (General Nuri Pasha) to Turkey, to discuss frontier delimitation, the Mosul Oilfields, the Iraqi policy towards the Kurds, French attempts at ...
Coll 17/6 'Iraq and Persia: judicial cooperation agreement'
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Copy correspondence between the Iraqi Minister for Foreign Affairs ('Abdulla Beg Al Damluji, then Ja'far Al 'Askari), the High Commissioner for Iraq (Sir Francis Humphrys), and the Government of Persia [Iran], regarding discussions over a proposed Judicial Co-operation Agreement. The corresponde...
Coll 17/7(1) 'Iraq and Palestine: agreement for transit through Palestine of goods to and from Iraq; Baghdad-Haifa railway'
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The volume contains correspondence, reports and minutes regarding road and rail transport through Iraq, Trans-Jordan [Jordan], Palestine, Syria and Iran. The following topics are discussed in detail: The proposed construction of a Baghdad-Haifa rail route. The file also includes records regardin...
Coll 17/7(2) 'Iraq and Palestine: agreement for transit through Palestine of goods to and from Iraq; Baghdad-Haifa railway'
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This file is a continuation of IOR/L/PS/12/2851, and concerns the decision not to proceed with the proposed Haifa-Baghdad railway, but to focus on the improvement of road communications. The file consists of reports on the proposals submitted by the Palestine Corporation Limited (see IOR/L/PS/...
The map shows the road route marked as a red line, from Haifa to just east of Rutbah [Ar-Ruṭbah]. It shows transport links (railways, roads and tracks), pipeline routes, topography and hydrology. The map has a reference key. No scale is given.
Coll 17/8(1) 'Shaikh of Koweit: Date Gardens of the Sheikh in Iraq'
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The volume consists of extensive correspondence, memoranda and reports regarding the Faddaghiyeh Estates of the Shaikh of Kuwait, changes made to their tax-exempt status, and lawsuits regarding their ownership. The records provide details of the lawsuits brought against the Shaikh of Kuwait in ...