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IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3303, f 381
- Record Id:
- 041-004066358
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 037-000792610
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100139499477.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100143424078.0x000002
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3303, f 381
- Title:
- ‘RAILWAY MAP OF BASRA AND MAGIL SHOWING TENTATIVE PROPOSALS FOR PORT DEVELOPMENT’
- Scope & Content:
-
The map sheet is one of two maps annexed to a report included in IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3303. The other map sheet can be found at IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3303, f 380.
The map shows the Basra and Magil [Al Ma‘qil] areas in Mesopotamia. It indicates:
- Hydrology
- Settlements and place names
- Buildings, including named public buildings and military installations
- Existing port areas
- Areas proposed for port activities
- Current and proposed railway routes
- Road routes.
The map bears the printing statements: ‘Reproduced by Basrah Survey Party, I.E.F. “D” No. 91, Dated 12.6.17’ and ‘Heliozincographed at the Survey of India Offices, Calcutta’. It also bears the imprint: ‘Reg. No. 1666. E 18’. ‘I.E.F.’ stands for ‘Indian Expeditionary Force’.
The map has been signed by: Major Manley, Officiating Deputy Director of Railways, on 18 February 1918; and Colonel Richard Oakes, Acting Director of Railways, on 20 February 1918.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000256868
036-000788810
037-000792610
038-000795114
040-000795997
041-004066358 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/MIL : Records of the Military Department
IOR/L/MIL/17 : Military Department Library
IOR/L/MIL/17/5 : Indian Army
IOR/L/MIL/17/5/2421-4246 : Indian Army First World War - War Diaries
IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3303 : ‘WAR DIARY. ARMY HEADQUARTERS, INDIA. […] I.E.F. “D”. Volume 48. Part I. (From 1st to 15th July 1918.)’
IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3303, f 381 : ‘RAILWAY MAP OF BASRA AND MAGIL SHOWING TENTATIVE PROPOSALS FOR PORT DEVELOPMENT’ - Hierarchy:
- 032-000256868[0017]/036-000788810[0005]/037-000792610[0051]/038-000795114[0883]/040-000795997[0002]/041-004066358
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/MIL
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 map sheet
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100143424078.0x000002
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1918
- End Date:
- 1918
- Date Range:
- 1918
- Era:
- CE
- Scale:
- 1:15,840
- Scale Designator:
- Horizontal
- Coordinates (Decimal):
- 47.7484,30.4461,47.8846,30.5932
- Coordinates (Degree):
- E 47°44’54”-E 47°53’5”/N 30°35’36”-N 30°26’46”
- Orientation:
- North
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
-
Materials: Printed on paper
Dimensions: approximately 795 x 723mm, on sheet 888 x 781mm
- Material Type:
- Maps and Plans
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)