‘Map of Sinkiang (Chinese Turkistan) To Accompany Military Report, 1929.’
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Map of the Sinkiang [Xinjiang] province of China. The map is split across two sheets, the first (labelled ‘No. 1’) being the western half of the area covered, and the second (labelled ‘No. 2’) the eastern half. Both sheets have an inset map, showing the complete area of the larger map. The scale...
'CORRECTIONS TO ROUTES IN PERSIA VOLUME II. (NORTH-WESTERN PERSIA.)'
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The volume is a Government of India official publication entitled Corrections to Routes in Persia Volume II. (North-Western Persia.) (First Series, 1926) General Staff India (Simla, Government of India Press, 1926). The volume contains corrections to details of land routes.
The map is a General Staff India publication marked for official use only, and accompanies MILITARY REPORT on PERSIA Vol. IV Part II. The map shows a region of central and southern Persia, indicating the names and locations of sedentary communities and the summer and winter quarters of migratory...
The map shows soundings and a proposed half tide training wall. It is reduced from the survey by Lieutenants Melhuish and Milne-Henderson (July to October 1916), with a resurvey of the outer bar by Lieutenants Maundrell and Sanderson (April 1917). It is part of George Buchanan’s report on the con...
'Ahwar Rapids. Longitudinal section of line of rocks below main line of rocks C.D., on plan of Rapids.'
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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 found at the line of rocks below the main line of rocks on the plan of the Rapids (IOR/L/MIL/17/15/15, f 11). This item is one of three maps located on a larger...
The map shows a plan prepared for the General Staff India, of the action at Bulevardi, near Shiraz which weare the target of a ‘punitive attack’ by British military forces in April 1918. The map also gives the location of features such as walls, rivers, villages, rivers, and the routes traversed...
‘Map of portion of Tigris River, Qurhan-Qal’at Salih-Amarah Showing River and Road Communications. Field Surveys by Survey Party I.E.E. “D”. 1915-15’
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Imprint: Heliozincographed at the Survey of India Offices, Calcutta. M.A. Hakimkhan, Draftsman. Distinctive Features: Sketch map of the Tigris River between Qurnah and Amarah produced to illustrate ‘Report on the Development of Mesopotamia’ showing the waterway system with canals labelled fo...
Plan 3 showing operations against Qurna, 4th December 1914
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Imprint: Ordnance Survey, 1921. Distinctive Features: Depth shown by soundings recorded in feet at low water. Plan of Shatt al ’Arab River near Qurna drawn from plan prepared by Lieutenant of H.M.S. ‘Espiegle’ showing the position of British forces on 4 December 1914, including location of...
Plan 4 showing operations against Qurna, 8th December 1914
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Imprint: Ordnance Survey, 1921. Distinctive Features: Depth shown by soundings recorded in feet at low water. Plan of Shatt al ’Arab River near Qurna drawn from plan prepared by Lieutenant of H.M.S. ‘Espiegle’ showing the position of British forces on 8 December 1914, including location of ...
