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Mss Eur F112/552, f 13
- Record Id:
- 041-003478867
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002307428
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100099320708.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100140101994.0x000004
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F112/552, f 13
- Title:
- 'Medina-Mecca. Published by the Survey of Egypt for Arab Bureau; under authority from the War Office, Nov. 1916.' With manuscript additions showing the disposition of troops
- Scope & Content:
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'G[eographical].S[ection].G[eneral].S[taff].' Series 4011, Sheet 'Medina-Mecca', Second Provisional Sheet, being a 'reprint of the First Provisional Issue with large corrections'. A compilation note cites other GSGS mapping and an Admiralty chart as source material. Covers the southern Hejaz in present-day Saudi Arabia, from the Red Sea coast to 160 miles inland, and includes routes to Mecca from, notably, Medina, Jidda [Jeddah] and Yenbo. Portrays hydrology, relief by spot heights and hachures, depth by soundings, railways, roads and tracks, telegraphs, settlements and place names, and includes topographical and navigational notes. Manuscript additions, dated 1916, portray troop and gun dispositions, and supplementary route information.
The verso bears the annotation 'Arabia, Red Sea, Rabegh [Rabigh]'.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002307428
036-002308534
040-002308540
041-003478867 - Is part of:
- Mss Eur F111-112 : Papers of the Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, Viceroy of India 1898-1905; Lord Privy Seal 1915-19; Foreign Secretary 1919-24
Mss Eur F111-112 Series 99 : Lord Curzon: papers relating to the First World War: maps
Mss Eur F112/552 : Maps Relating to the First World War in the Former Ottoman Empire
Mss Eur F112/552, f 13 : 'Medina-Mecca. Published by the Survey of Egypt for Arab Bureau; under authority from the War Office, Nov. 1916.'… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002307428[0102]/036-002308534[0006]/040-002308540[0012]/041-003478867
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur F111-112
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
-
1 map sheet
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100140101994.0x000004
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1916
- End Date:
- 1916
- Date Range:
- 1916
- Era:
- CE
- Scale:
- Scale 1:500,000
- Scale Designator:
- Horizontal
- Coordinates (Decimal):
- 37.2673,21.0000,41.2327,25.0136
- Coordinates (Degree):
- E 37°16’2”-E 41°13’58”/N 25°0’49”-N 21°0’0”
- Orientation:
- North
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Printed, with manuscript additions in coloured ink and crayon
Dimensions: 885 x 808mm, on sheet 1145 x 890mm
- Material Type:
- Maps and Plans
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)