'Remarks on the Bashi-Bazouks and other irregulars; including brief reflections on the present war. With a sketch of General William Ferguson Beatson, organiser of the Bashi-Bazouks during the Crimean campaign' by Colonel William Ferguson Beatson Laurie
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The volume comprises information about the Bashi-Bazouks and other irregulars including the following: remarks – discusses the notoriety and character of the Bashi-Bazouks, and their involvement in the Bulgarian atrocities during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877. A brief assessment of Turkish and R...
‘Shatt al Arab Longitudinal section of channel from Fao to beyond Outer Bar in 1890, 1911 & 1916 respectively’
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The vertical scale is 1:24. The map shows the height of the river bed of the Shatt al Arab from Fao [Al-Faw] to 18 miles below Fao, at the edge of the outer bar where the channel drops into the Persian Gulf. It is part of George Buchanan’s report on the conservancy of the Shatt-el-Arab [Shatt al-...
‘19. Shaikh Saad and Kut-Al-Amara. Situation Night 25th-26th February 1917’
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Imprint: Heliozincographed at the Survey of India Offices, Dehra Dun. Simla Drawing Office, No. 3948, March 1925. S.D.O. 3936. Distinctive Features: Map of Shaikh Saad and Kut-Al-Amara [Al-Kūt] compiled from ground and air reconnaissance, produced to illustrate the movements of the British a...
‘16. Shaikh Saad and Kut-Al-Amara. Situation 5 a.m. 23rd February 1917’
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Imprint: Heliozincographed at the Survey of India Offices, Dehra Dun. Simla Drawing Office, No. 3945, March 1925. S.D.O. 3936. Distinctive Features: Map of Shaikh Saad and Kut-Al-Amara [Al-Kūt] compiled from ground and air reconnaissance produced to illustrate the movements of the British an...
‘17. Shaikh Saad and Kut-Al-Amara. Situation 4 a.m. 24th February 1917’
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Imprint: Heliozincographed at the Survey of India Offices, Dehra Dun. Simla Drawing Office, No. 3946, March 1925. S.D.O. 3936. Distinctive Features: Map of Shaikh Saad and Kut-Al-Amara [Al-Kūt] compiled from ground and air reconnaissance, produced to illustrate the movements of the British a...
‘18. Shaikh Saad and Kut-Al-Amara. Situation Night 24th-25th February 1917’
Scope & Content:
Imprint: Heliozincographed at the Survey of India Offices, Dehra Dun. Simla Drawing Office, No. 3947, March 1925. S.D.O. 3936. Distinctive Features: Map of Shaikh Saad and Kut-Al-Amara [Al-Kūt] compiled from ground and air reconnaissance, produced to illustrate the movements of the British a...
‘7. Shaikh Saad and Kut-Al-Amara. Situation 1st April 1916’
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Imprint: Heliozincographed at the Survey of India Offices, Dehra Dun. Simla Drawing Office, No. 3936, March 1925. S.D.O. 3936. Distinctive Features: Map of Shaikh Saad and Kut-Al-Amara [Al-Kūt] compiled from ground and air reconnaissance, produced to illustrate the movements of the British a...
‘12. Organisation of Communications in Summer & Autumn 1916’
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Imprint: Heliozincographed at the Survey of India Offices, Dehra Dun. Distinctive Features: Sketch map of Lower Mesopotamia from Samarra down to the Persian Gulf produced to illustrate the British campaign in Mesopotamia showing communication features across the region with marching routes a...
‘13. Shaikh Saad and Kut-Al-Amara. Situation 22nd December 1916’
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Imprint: Heliozincographed at the Survey of India Offices, Dehra Dun. Simla Drawing Office, No. 3942, March 1925. S.D.O. 3936. Distinctive Features: Map of Shaikh Saad and Kut-Al-Amara [Al-Kūt] compiled from ground and air reconnaissance, produced to illustrate the movements of the British a...
‘14. Shaikh Saad and Kut-Al-Amara. Situation 6 p.m. 1st February 1917’
Scope & Content:
Imprint: Heliozincographed at the Survey of India Offices, Dehra Dun. Simla Drawing Office, No. 3943, March 1925. S.D.O. 3936. Distinctive Features: Map of Shaikh Saad and Kut-Al-Amara [Al-Kūt] compiled from ground and air reconnaissance, produced to illustrate the movements of the British a...
