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IOR/L/PS/10/750, f 195
- Record Id:
- 041-004290340
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000544688
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100154469642.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100162404238.0x000002
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/10/750, f 195
- Title:
- ‘MAP OF BASRA AND MAGIL’
- Scope & Content:
- A map of Basra (also written on the map as Basrah) and Magil [al-Maqil] illustrating the following: concrete roads; metalled roads; proposed metalled roads; kutcha roads; proposed kutcha roads; civil roads; and proposed civil roads. The map is part of Sir John Hewett’s ‘Report for the Army Council on Mesopotamia’. The scale is stated as follows: ‘3 INCHES to 1 MILE’. In the bottom right corner of the map are two reproduced signatures, both of which are unclear. The first is dated 9 January 1919. The second is dated 25 May 1917 and is annotated ‘Captain I. A. R. Assist. Director of Works River Front.’ Further text underneath the signatures states that the map was reproduced by the Basrah Survey Party, IEFD [Indian Expeditionary Force D], No. 81, dated 12 June 1917. Text at the bottom left of the map states that the map was reproduced by Survey Party MEF [Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force] No. 389, dated 30 January 1919.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000544688
040-000545914
041-004290340 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/10 : Departmental Papers: Political and Secret Separate (or Subject) Files
IOR/L/PS/10/750 : File 3156/1918 Pt 2 ‘Mesopotamia – Administration; Public and Questions in Parliament (1919) Articles in “Times” – Sir…
IOR/L/PS/10/750, f 195 : ‘MAP OF BASRA AND MAGIL’ - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0010]/036-000544688[0751]/040-000545914[0003]/041-004290340
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 map sheet
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100162404238.0x000002
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1919
- End Date:
- 1919
- Date Range:
- 1919
- Era:
- CE
- Scale:
- Scale 1:21,120
- Scale Designator:
- Horizontal
- Coordinates (Decimal):
- 47.736282,30.481817,47.863312,30.581918
- Coordinates (Degree):
- E 47°44’11”-E 47°51’48”/N 30°34’55”-N 30°28’55”
- Orientation:
- North
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
-
Materials: coloured and black ink on paper
Dimensions: on sheet 650 x 628mm [the map is in an irregular shape]
- Former External References:
- Survey Party M.E.F No. 389
- Material Type:
- Maps and Plans
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)