'Sketch Map showing Flow of Flood Water, February-March 1938'
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/24, f 68
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The record is made up of 1 map. It was created in May 1940. 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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A map of the area around the Shaṭṭ al-‘Arab estuary in Iran, including mud flats and marshland. The map gives hydrological information and shows settlements, railways, pipelines, and roads. The map was produced by the General Staff India and includes a printing statement which reads 'Survey Section No. 827 May 1940--80'. The map is marked secret (copy no. 0006) and is Map No. 6 from the volume 'Military Report on the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company's (South Iranian) Oilfield Area'.
- Extent and format
- 1 map
- Area map covers
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- Orientation
- North
- Degree coordinates
- Top-left: 31° 24' 31.32" N, 48° 2' 45.6" E
Top-right: 31° 24' 31.32" N, 49° 55' 28.56" E
Bottom-left: 30° 0' 26.28" N, 48° 2' 45.6" E
Bottom-right: 30° 0' 26.28" N, 49° 55' 28.56" E - It is part of
- 150 imagesRef: IOR/L/MIL/17/15/24
- Physical characteristics
Materials: Printed in colour on paper
Dimensions: 255 x 305mm, on sheet 306 x 344mm
- Written in
- English in Latin script
- Type
- Map
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- 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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Unrestricted
- Archive reference
- IOR/L/MIL/17/15/24, f 68
- Date(s)
- May 1940 (CE, Gregorian)
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'Sketch Map showing Flow of Flood Water, February-March 1938', British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/MIL/17/15/24, f 68, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100040648670.0x000001> [accessed 1 April 2025]
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- IOR/L/MIL/17/15/24, f 68
- Title
- 'Sketch Map showing Flow of Flood Water, February-March 1938'
- Pages
- 68r:68v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence