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IOR/L/PS/20/C253/1, f 159
- Record Id:
- 041-004526127
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000564257
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100179740370.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/20/C253/1, f 159
- Title:
- Basra Showing Ma‘qil, Ashar and Basra City
- Scope & Content:
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This map depicts the city of Basra, showing the settlements of ‘Basra City’, Ma‘qil [Al Ma‘qil] and Ashar [Al Ashar]; other smaller settlements are also demarcated. The map shows the Shatt-al-‘Arab [Shatt al-Arab] and its tributary creeks, and depicts the main railways, bridges, canals, and roads, depicting ‘Macadam’ and ‘unmettalled’ roads. Civil and military infrastructure are also depicted, including hospitals, wharves, railway stations and buildings, police stations, cemeteries, landing grounds, and other sites in use by both the Iraqi and British military authorities. Specific civilian sites including shops, banks, leisure facilities, foreign consulates, and the headquarters and offices of companies are also shown, with the aid of an index at the bottom left corner of the map.
The map bears the following printing statements: ‘O[ffice]. R[eference]. 735.’ and ‘War Office 1935.’.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000564257
037-000564506
040-000564658
041-004526127 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/20 : Political and Secret Department Library
IOR/L/PS/20/C : Political and Secret Department Library: 'C' Books
IOR/L/PS/20/C253/1 : MILITARY REPORT ON ’IRAQ, VOLUME I: (GENERAL)
IOR/L/PS/20/C253/1, f 159 : Basra Showing Ma‘qil, Ashar and Basra City - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0020]/036-000564257[0003]/037-000564506[0131]/040-000564658[0005]/041-004526127
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 map sheet
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1935
- End Date:
- 1935
- Date Range:
- 1935
- Era:
- CE
- Scale:
- Scale 1:32187
- Scale Designator:
- Horizontal
- Coordinates (Decimal):
- 47.781419,30.488503,47.86755,30.564175
- Coordinates (Degree):
- E 47°46’53”-E 47°52’3”/N 30°33’51”-N 30°29’19”
- Orientation:
- North
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
-
Materials: Printed on paper
Dimensions: 334 x 332mm, on sheet 388 x 475mm
- Material Type:
- Maps and Plans
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Names:
- War Office, 1857-1964
- Places:
- Basra, Asia