Distinctive Features: Sketch map of the ancient Tigris and Euphrates delta produced to illustrate ‘Report on the Development of Mesopotamia’ showing the irrigation system with approximate course of the Old Tigris and position of ancient and existing canals. Contains explanatory notes on history...
A handbook of Syria (including Palestine). London: Naval Staff Intelligence Department, June 1919
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Admiralty handbook regarding Syria (including Palestine) 'to as far north as the River Orontes and a line Antioch-Aleppo-Meskeneh. For details of the part of Syria beyond this line reference must be made to the Handbook of Asia Minor, Vol. iv, Part 2 (C.B. 847 C).' 'Contents. Chapters: I. Bound...
Map of south west Persia, showing coastlines, rivers, and the region’s principal towns and cities. Red lines between towns, which are numbered 1, 2, 3, 3a, 4 and 4a, indicate road routes that are described in detail in part IV of the enclosing volume (ff 84-175).
Confidential report providing a narrative of operations in Asia (Turkey) during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877/78, written by Lieutenant W A H Hare, Royal Engineers. The narrative covers the period 1 September 1877 to the fall of the Turkish city of Kars on 18 November 1877. The narrative is foll...
This map shows the tribal composition of the Lower Euphrates Region of Iraq, alongside various infrastructural elements relevant to military use such as roads, railways, telegraph lines, and human settlements.
‘CANAL AND COMMUNICATION MAP OF MESOPOTAMIA SHEET No 1’
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The maps shows canals, rivers, railways and roads – lines of communication – in Mesopotamia [Iraq]. Existing canals and rivers are shown in blue, proposed new canals and extensions as dashed blue lines, railways as black lines, and roads as thin red lines. District boundaries are indicated as th...
‘CANAL AND COMMUNICATION MAP OF MESOPOTAMIA SHEET No 2’
Scope & Content:
The maps shows canals, rivers, railways and roads – lines of communication – in Mesopotamia [Iraq]. Existing canals and rivers are shown in blue, proposed new canals and extensions as dashed blue lines, railways as black lines, and roads as thin red lines. District boundaries are indicated as th...
The map shows the state of the roads in and around Basra City. Different categories of roads are highlighted in different colours as follows: concrete roads (solid red line), metalled roads (red dashes), proposed metalled roads (small red dashes), kutcha roads (solid green line), proposed kutcha...
Short memorandum on the inception, difficulties and results of the Mesopotamian Campaign
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This file is a printed report consisting of a memorandum on the inception, difficulties and results of the Mesopotamia Campaign, printed by the General Staff, India (Simla, 1916). It gives details about the present situation in Mesopotamia, Indian troops, and difficulties in terms of the politica...
'Keymap to Boundaries of Military Report Areas in Mesopotamia'
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The maps shows the distribution of Iraq's ten military areas in designated in 1923 in relation to major elements of the country's hydrology, and human settlements. The international boundary with Persia is also indicated.
