'Lower Mesopotamia between Baghdad and the Persian Gulf'
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Created by the War Office. Covers the northernmost seventy miles of the Persian Gulf and its hinterland extending 270 miles to the north and west in present-day Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. Portrays freshwater and coastal hydrology (including soundings and submarine contours), relief by ...
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...
Created by the War Office. Covers a twenty-five mile length of the River Tigris, to a width of approximately ten miles, from Kut [Al-Kut] to Wadi [Nahr Wadi] in present-day eastern Iraq. Created to support the Allied relief of Kut and associated Battle of Dujailah against Turkish forces. Portray...
'Map Showing British Position on the Tigris 13th. December, 1916.'
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Created by the War Office. Covers a twenty-five mile length of the River Tigris, to a width of approximately ten miles, from Kut [Al-Kut] to Wadi [Nahr Wadi] in present-day eastern Iraq. Created to support the Allied relief of Kut against Turkish forces. Portrays hydrology, roads and tracks, rai...
'Map Showing British Position on the Tigris 31st. January, 1917.'
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Created by the War Office. Covers a twenty-five mile length of the River Tigris, to a width of approximately ten miles, from Kut [Al-Kut] to Wadi [Nahr Wadi] in present-day eastern Iraq. Created to support the Allied relief of Kut against Turkish forces. Portrays hydrology, roads and tracks, rai...
'Map showing Enemy's Position at east end of Suwaicha Marsh'
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Created by the War Office. Covers a one-mile length of the River Tigris in the vicinity of Suwaicha Marsh, six miles east of Kut [Al-Kut] in present-day eastern Iraq. Shows detail on the left bank only, to a distance of approximately half a mile. Created to support the Allied relief of Kut and a...
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...
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 ...