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‘Margil’ [‎56v] (2/2)

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Ref: IOR/L/PS/20/35, f 56

The record is made up of 1 blueprint map. It was created in 17 Feb 1919. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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The map shows the docks built on the south bank of the Shatt-Al Arab at Margil [Al Ma‘qil], near Basra, Mesopotamia. Features and facilities (some labelled I.W.T. [Inland Water Transport]) shown on the map include:

  • dock infrastructure, including shipping berths, wharves, water channels, depots and railway lines;
  • various camps, including labour camps and prisoner-of-war camps, huts and tents, accommodation for ordnance personnel, stevedores’ camp;
  • date gardens;
  • villages;
  • a Chinese cemetery, used for the burial of workers who were part of the Chinese Labour Corps;
  • other sites, including a brick field and recreation area.

In the bottom right corner of the map are two reproduced signatures, both are illegible. Above these signatures are two sets of initials: ‘I.E.F.D.’ (Indian Expeditionary Force D) and ‘P.A. & C.’

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1 blueprint map
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Scale
1:3960
Scale designator
Horizontal
Orientation
North
Degree coordinates
Top-left: 30° 35' 1.82" N, 47° 45' 12.41" E
Top-right: 30° 35' 1.82" N, 47° 49' 1.07" E
Bottom-left: 30° 33' 0.5" N, 47° 45' 12.41" E
Bottom-right: 30° 33' 0.5" N, 47° 49' 1.07" E
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IOR/L/PS/20/35, f 56
Title
‘Margil’
Pages
56r:56v
Author
East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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