Printed map showing telegraph lines in West Asia. The map includes a key of references of permanent telegraph lines, submarine cables, temporary telegraph lines and other existing permanent telegraph lines.
‘Telegraph Map of Mesopotamia Excluding Railway Wires and Telephone Lines’
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Printed map showing the lines of the telegraph passing through the different cities within Mesopotamia [Iraq]. The map includes a key of references describing the type of telegraph lines used in each city. The map is signed by Lieutenant-Colonel R E Goldsmidt, Director of Telegraphs Mesopotamia, ...
Printed map showing a green line representing the telegraph line from Yarmouth to Fao [Al Faw] and Tehran, passing through northern Europe, the Black Sea, Turkey and Iraq.
File 5646/1918 'Persia and Mesopotamia: future telegraphic arrangements'
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This volume contains correspondence, memoranda, reports, telegrams and minutes, regarding the importance of re-establishing telegraphic communication between India and England via the Persian Gulf and Mesopotamia [Iraq] to Mediterranean ports under British control. The papers notably cover the ...