Folio 7: Geographical Section, General Staff No. 2931, sheet 'Anatolia', comprising a base map with overprints. The base map bears the imprint 'War Office, November, 1919' and portrays hydrology, relief by spot heights, railways, settlements, place names, and internal and international boundar...
'No. 22. View taken from about 3 miles south-east of Koh-i-Dalil, near the Quetta-Nushki-Siestan [Sistan] trade route, west of Mushki Chah'
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A photograph showing a large rocky mountain in an arid landscape. In the centre middle ground stands an unidentified man. The photograph is credited to Mr Vredenburg.
'No. 27. South Entrance to Bam Fort, Persian soldiers in foreground'
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The photograph shows an entrance and part of the walls of a large adobe fortress. In front of the gate stand a row of soldiers. The photograph was probably taken by H A Armstrong, Assistant Superintendent, Indian Telegraph Department.
'No. 28. Mirza Abdur Rahim Khan, Wazir of Kerman, having a smoke outside his tent at Pahra'
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The photograph shows a man seated in a tent holding a ḡalyān pipe. Around him stand or sit his attendants. The photograph was probably taken by H A Armstrong, Assistant Superintendent, Indian Telegraph Department.
‘Correspondence with the Canadian Government on the subject of the peace settlement with Turkey.’
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Copies of correspondence exchanged between the Secretary of State for the Colonies and the Governor-General of Canada, on the subject of the Peace Settlement with Turkey, commonly referred to as the Treaty of Lausanne. The correspondence covers the period 27 October 1922 to 24 March 1924. The fi...
'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 ...
'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...
'Izmir (Smyrna)'. With boundaries added in manuscript
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Relates to the Treaty of Sèvres (1920). Geographical Section, General Staff No. 2555, Sheet North J-35, Izmir (Smyrna), Provisional Edition. Covers Izmir, western Turkey and surrounding land and sea areas to a radius of approximately 150 miles. Portrays hydrology, soundings, relief by spot heig...