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1. IOR/L/PS/20/C253/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C253/1
Title:
'MILITARY REPORT ON ’IRAQ, VOLUME I: (GENERAL)'
Scope & Content:
This volume consists of Military Report on ’Iraq, Volume I: General, published in 1936 and prepared by the Command of the Air Ministry. The volume contains a variety of information about ’Iraq [Iraq], including its geography, economy, population and history. It is divided into nine chapters unde...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1936
Extent:

1 volume (166 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/20/C253/1, f 165

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C253/1, f 165
Title:
Communications
Scope & Content:
The map depicts the electrical communications network of ‘Iraq [Iraq], depicting telegraph and telephone cables, government and oil company telegraph stations, and underground cables, in red. The map also shows ‘Iraq’s key settlements, railway lines, the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, including tr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1935
Extent:
1 map sheet

3. IOR/L/PS/20/C253/1, f 166

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C253/1, f 166
Title:
‘Iraq
Scope & Content:
This map depicts ‘Iraq [Iraq], showing main cities and settlements; major hydrographic features, including the rivers Tigris, Euphrates, Zab and Shatt al Arab, and tributaries and branches, wadis, marshland, lakes, ‘inundated areas’, wells, and the Persian Gulf; aerodromes, motor roads, and rail...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1935
Extent:
1 map sheet

4. IOR/L/PS/20/C253/1, f 155

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C253/1, f 155
Title:
Administrative Divisions
Scope & Content:
This map depicts the liwa [administrative divisions] within ‘Iraq [Iraq]. The boundaries, names, and the sites of the capitals of each liwa are shown in red. The map shows ‘Iraq’s key settlements, railway lines, the Tigris and Euphrates rivers including tributary branches, and depicts the bounda...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1935
Extent:
1 map sheet

5. IOR/L/PS/20/C253/1, f 160

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C253/1, f 160
Title:
Mosul
Scope & Content:
This map depicts the city of Mosul in ’Iraq [Iraq], showing the River Tigris, main roads, buildings, the main bazaar, and key districts and quarters. An index reference guide locates the key sites of civil and military infrastructure, including schools, clubs, courts, hospitals, palaces, barrack...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1936
Extent:
1 map sheet

6. IOR/L/PS/20/C253/1, f 164

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C253/1, f 164
Title:
Magnetic Variation
Scope & Content:
This map depicts lines of magnetic variation in the Middle East, showing lines of equal magnetic variation in 1932, and lines of approximate annual change. The map also shows key cities and settlements in the Middle East, particularly in Iraq and its neighbouring countries, and also shows the Me...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1936
Extent:
1 map sheet

7. IOR/L/PS/20/C253/1, f 158

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C253/1, f 158
Title:
City of Baghdad
Scope & Content:
This map depicts the city of Baghdad. The map shows the River Tigris, names the city’s districts, and depicts main roads, bridges, lanes, railways, and covered bazaars. Also shown are key sites of civil and military infrastructure and services, including airports, stations, mosques, hospitals, f...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1935
Extent:
1 map sheet

8. IOR/L/PS/20/C253/1, f 167

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C253/1, f 167
Title:
‘Iraq, Map Shewing Railways
Scope & Content:
This map depicts the railway network in ‘Iraq [Iraq], showing railway lines, with standard and metre gauges indicated, and railway stations and water stations. The map also shows main cities and settlements, the rivers Tigris, Euphrates, Zab, and Shatt al Arab, and tributaries and branches, lake...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1941
Extent:
1 map sheet

9. IOR/L/PS/20/C253/1, f 161

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C253/1, f 161
Title:
Plan of Ma‘qil
Scope & Content:
This map depicts the settlement of Ma‘qil [Al Ma‘qil] in Basra, showing the Shatt al Arab and tributary creeks, the Qurmat Canal, railways, and main roads. The map also shows civil and military sites including railway and dockyard buildings and infrastructure, water and power works, communicatio...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1934
Extent:
1 map sheet

10. IOR/L/PS/20/C253/1, f 163

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C253/1, f 163
Title:
Orographical and Economic Map
Scope & Content:
This map depicts the orographic and economic features of ‘Iraq [Iraq]. Relief is shown in shades of brown tinting. The map depicts the key economic products of ‘Iraq’s regions: barley, bitumen, camels, cotton, dates, fruit, liquorice, oil, rice, sheep, and wheat; and also delineates the upper va...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1935
Extent:
1 map sheet