Distinctive Features: Sketch map of the Tigris and Euphrates delta produced to illustrate ‘Report on the Development of Mesopotamia’ showing the proposed irrigation works with new canals and drains labelled for reference and coloured red and blue respectively. Shows marshes and overflow areas w...
Who's who in Mesopotamia, General Staff, India (Serial No.22)
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The volume is Who's Who in Mesopotamia, General Staff, India. The volume is marked confidential and was printed in Delhi by Superintendent Government Printing, India, in 1916. The volume consists of an alphabetical list of individuals issued by the Intelligence Branch of the Indian Expeditionar...
'Ahwar Rapids. Longitudinal section of main line of rocks.'
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This vertical map of the Ahwar [Ahvaz] Rapids illustrates the probable maximum high flood level and probable ordinary high flood level, and the rock types and heights, found at the longitudinal section of the main line of rocks on the plan of the Rapids (IOR/L/MIL/17/15/15, f 11). This item is ...
Supplementary Map to Area No. 6 Showing Tribal Dispositions Round the Hammar Lake
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This map shows the approximate distribution of various tribal groups in the Lower Euphrates region of Iraq. The map also covers some aspects of the region's settlements, hydrology (lakes, rivers), as well as infrastructure relevant for military purposes.
The sheet contains a section map: Burbarūd—Kaleh Huma—Makhadī [Makdīn-e Pā’īn]—Bāznawī—Pul-I-Shīrak—Pul-I-Kul—Dizfūl in south-western Persia. It is found in the Military Report on S. W. Persia, Vol. III. Bakhtiāri Country North of Kārūn River compiled in the Division of the Chief of the Staff, A...
Diagrammatic map of the Band-i-Gargar embankment, part of the Shūshtar historical hydraulic system, showing: the direction of the canal’s flow; water channels; the location of mills; clay and sandstone cliffs; the locations of Shūshtar, on one bank, and the village of Boleiti on the other.
Despatch by Lieutenant-General Sir George Frederick Gorringe, K.C.B, C.M.G, D.S.O., on the Operations of the Tigris Column 23rd January to 30th April 1916 (Forwarded by G.O.C., Force "D".)
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This file contains a despatch written by Lieutenant George Frederick Gorringe regarding the military operations of the Tigris Column for the period 23 January 1916 to 30 April 1916. The report is introduced by a letter from Lieutenant-General Percy Lake, Commanding Indian Expeditionary Force "...
The volume is entitled Military Report on Persia. Volume IV Part I. Persian Baluchistan, Kerman and Bandar Abbas. (Simla, Government Central Press, 1923). The volume was originally published in 1921. The report contains sections on history, geography, population, climate and health, resources, ...
The volume is entitled Military Report on Persia. Volume IV Part II. Fars, Gulf Ports, Yazd and Laristan. (Simla, Government of India Press, 1924). The volume was originally published in 1923. The report contains sections on history, geography, population, climate and health, resources, militar...
Report on the Development of Mesopotamia with Special Reference to the Regeneration of the River Systems
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The volume is Sir George Buchanan KCIE: Report on the Development of Mesopotamia with Special Reference to the Regeneration of the River Systems (Simla: Government Monotype Press, 1917). The report contains preliminary remarks, and sections on: Mesopotamia as it was; Mesopotamia as it is; Reaso...