Reproduction of a black-and-white illustration depicting the view across a mountainous landscape. The Mafalis [Al Mafālīs] referred to in the title is a village, and is not obviously visible in the illustration.
Black and white reproduction of a map of Makalla [Al-Mukallā], Yemen. Text below the map scale states that it was enlarged from an Admiralty map, and produced at Steamer Point, Aden, on 20 July 1902. The original map was signed E M Little, 2nd Lieutenant of the R.G.A. [Royal Garrison Artillery]....
Reproduction of a black-and-white illustration showing a blockhouse, or fort, overlooking a river valley. The illustration subtitle states that the site is at Ghail Hardaba [Ḩaḑabah], 16 miles south of Dala [Aḑ Ḑāli‘]. The map is signed Major A Crawford, and dated 6 December 1903. Key topographi...
Map on four sheets numbered I-IV, produced from an original survey by Richard John Preece, Assistant Superintendent of the Telegraph Department, Persia. The maps show the road between Shiraz and Jashk [Jāsk], as travelled by Preece on a journey on foot in 1884, and described in the enclosing vol...
Map No 4 ‘PLAN SHOWING THE WATERWAYS & DISTRIBUTION OF HELMUND DELTA’
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The map shows the Helmund River Delta. The scale is 1 inch to 2 miles. It was produced from a sketch made by Surgeon Major George Washington Brazier-Creagh. It bears a stamp which reads ‘Intelligence Division. 14 Dec 1898’. The map bears the printing statements ‘Reg. No. 162, Print., I.–July.9...
The map shows Basra, Magil [Al Ma‘qil], and the surrounding area. Key geographical features, specifically the Shatt Al-Arab and its creeks, are indicated in black ink. Also shown in black ink are: villages, buildings, railway lines, and numerous other facilities, most labelled with text (P. of W...
‘Lower Mesopotamia between Baghdad and the Persian Gulf’
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The map is printed in four colours, with each colour being used to indicate a different category of features: blue: hydrographical features, including the river systems of the Euphrates and Tigris, canals, marshes and lakes, and their names. Notes on the flooding characteristics of different geo...
The map shows the Persian Gulf and adjacent countries including regions of Arabia, the Turkish Empire, Persia, Russian Turkistan [Turkestan], Afghanistan, and Baluchistan. It was originally created by the War Office, June 1908, with additions made in April 1911, and is found in the volume 'Repor...