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IOR/L/PS/10/750, f 196
- Record Id:
- 041-004290341
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000544688
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100154470970.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100162404238.0x000001
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/10/750, f 196
- Title:
- ‘LOWER MESPOTAMIA BETWEEN BAGHDAD AND THE PERSIAN GULF’
- Scope & Content:
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A map of Lower Mesopotamia [Iraq] issued by the Geographical Section, General Staff. The map illustrates the following: roads possible for wheeled traffic; tracks; telegraphs; mountains; mounds; canals for irrigation; rivers; inlets of sea; wells; cisterns; defiles; dams; shrines; open plains; mud forts; islands; date gardens; bridges; heights in feet; ravines with occasional stream; ravines or stream beds usually dry; soundings in fathoms; railways constructed; and Turco-Persian [Ottoman Turkey-Iranian] frontier.
The map is part of Sir John Hewett’s ‘Report for the Army Council on Mesopotamia’. 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. The scale is stated as follows: ‘1:1,000,000 or 1.014 Inches to 16 Miles’.
- 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
041-004290341 - 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 196 : ‘LOWER MESPOTAMIA BETWEEN BAGHDAD AND THE PERSIAN GULF’ - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0010]/036-000544688[0751]/040-000545914[0004]/041-004290341
- 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_100162404238.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1919
- End Date:
- 1919
- Date Range:
- 1919
- Era:
- CE
- Scale:
- 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:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
-
Materials: coloured and black ink on paper
Dimensions: 580 x 609mm, on sheet 760 x 633mm
- Former External References:
- Geographical Section, General Staff No. 2563
- Material Type:
- Maps and Plans
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)