Hard-coded id of currently selected item: . JSON version of its record is available from Blacklight on e.g. ??
Metadata associated with selected item should appear here...
IOR/L/PS/20/35, f 55
- Record Id:
- 041-003257240
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000564257
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100027921871.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100035794547.0x000002
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/20/35, f 55
- Title:
-
‘Lower Mesopotamia between Baghdad and the Persian Gulf’
- Scope & Content:
-
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 geographical regions are also indicated in blue;
- green: agriculture, with rice cultivation marked in green, and other forms of cultivation marked in light green;
- brown: physical topography, including mountains and ridges;
- black: towns and villages, transport infrastructure (railways and roads) as well as place names and notes on topographical features.
Below the map is a key, scale, and information on the creation history of the map, with details of the various sources of additional information used in its production.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000564257
037-000565294
040-000565327
041-003257240 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/20 : Political and Secret Department Library
IOR/L/PS/20/1-289C : Political and Secret Department Library: Works received later, through official channels, plus miscellaneous items
IOR/L/PS/20/35 : ‘Report for the Army Council on Mesopotamia. By Sir John P Hewett, GCSI, KBE’
IOR/L/PS/20/35, f 55 : ‘Lower Mesopotamia between Baghdad and the Persian Gulf’ - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0020]/036-000564257[0009]/037-000565294[0031]/040-000565327[0029]/041-003257240
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
-
1 map
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100035794547.0x000002
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1919
- End Date:
- 1919
- Date Range:
- 1919
- Era:
- CE
- Scale:
- 1:1,000,000
- Scale Designator:
- Horizontal
- Coordinates (Decimal):
- 43.77,29.01,49.26,33.99
- Coordinates (Degree):
- E 43°46’12”-E 49°15’36”/N 33°59’24”-N 29°0’36”
- Orientation:
- North
- Access:
-
Please request the physical items you need using the online collection item request form.
Digitised items can be viewed online by clicking the thumbnail image or digitised content link.
Readers who have registered or renewed their pass since 21 March 2024 can request physical items prior to visiting the Library by completing
this request form.
Please enter the Reference (shelfmark) above on the request form.If your Reader Pass was issued before this date, you will need to visit the Library in London or Yorkshire to renew it before you can request items online. All manuscripts and archives must be consulted at the Library in London.
This catalogue record may describe a collection of items which cannot all be requested together. Please use the hierarchy viewer to navigate to individual items. Some items may be in use or restricted for other reasons. If you would like to check the availability, contact our Reference Services team, quoting the Reference (shelfmark) above.
- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Dimensions: 760 x 640 mm.
- Former External References:
- Geographical Section, General Staff No. 2563
- Material Type:
- Maps and Plans
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)