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Sheet No. I MAP OF SHATT-AL-ARAB & BAHMANSHIR INCLUDING MAHAMMERAH AND ABBADAN I. MAP No. 3
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The map indicates settlements, hydrology and boundaries. The map features additional lines marked in green and a key of 'conventional signs.' Contains a note 'Compiled under supervision of Lieut. A.T. Wilson I.A. from plane table surveys by surveyors, Ali Ahmed, Survey of India Dept, and Muhd. ...
The map depicts the Arabian Peninsula and the Persian Gulf. The map indicates hydrology, boundaries, vegetation, roads and settlements as well as indication of relief given by form lines and hachures. A table of reference explains the type used on the map and the symbols and abbreviations. A n...
'ASIA. PERSIAN GULF. COMPILED BY COMMR. C.G. CONSTABLE AND LIEUT. A.W. STIFFE, I.N. 1860'
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Admiralty Hydrographic Office chart showing the principal points, islands, and landmarks of the (eastern) Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman, compiled by Commander C G Constable and Lieutenant Arthur William Stiffe in 1860, with intervening coast and soundings supplied from the surveys of Captain J M...
The map complements IOR/W/L/PS/10/457 (i) 'ASIA. PERSIAN GULF. COMPILED BY COMMR. C.G. CONSTABLE AND LIEUT. A.W. STIFFE, I.N. 1860', and is an Admiralty Hydrographic Office chart showing the principal points, islands, and landmarks of the western Persian Gulf, compiled by Commander C G Constable...
Outline political map of the world illustrating proposals for intelligence gathering in the Middle East. The map includes symbols for the following: 'Present H.Q.s of Armies' 'Branch of "Arbur" [Arab Bureau]' 'Military Attaché' 'Under C.O.s & not in "Arbur" area' The map also bears red lin...
Plan of a proposed site for a generating station in Basra, with the ground to be acquired outlined in red. The plan indicates settlements and roads. The scale is given as '24 inches = 1 mile.'
MESOPOTAMIAN RAILWAYS PLAN SHEWING PRESENT & PROPOSED RAILWAY LAY OUT FOR BAGHDAD
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Plan indicating the present and proposed railway layout for Baghdad. The plan indicates railway lines, settlements, roads, hydrology and vegetation, and provides some indication of relief. Below the plan is a list of references for the various lines and markings. Scale not given.
MESOPOTAMIAN RAILWAYS PLAN SHEWING PRESENT & PROPOSED RAILWAY LAY OUT FOR BAGHDAD
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Plan indicating present and proposed railway layout for Baghdad. The plan indicates railway lines, settlements, roads, hydrology, and vegetation, and provides some indication of relief. A list of references below the plan describes the various coloured lines and markings of the railway layout. In...
Map depicting Baghdad, focusing on the layout of proposed civil and military developments (described as civil lines and a military cantonment), as well as a proposed railway layout. Includes the statement: 'Reproduced by Survey Party M.E.F. [Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force]'. The scale is given ...