‘MESOPOTAMIA. Racial Divisions.’
Mss Eur F112/286, f 31
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The record is made up of 1 map sheet. It was created in 1916. 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 Mesopotamia [Iraq], and part of western Persia [Iran] east of the Turco-Persian boundary, with the boundary being indicated by a dashed and dotted line. It shows different ethnic groups occupying different parts of Mesopotamia: Arabs in pink; Kurds (including Yezidis) in yellow; and ‘Mixed races’ (Turks, Armenians, Syriacs, Chaldaeans [Chaldeans], Jews, Persians [Iranians], and Arabs) in green. The white section between the pink and yellow sections indicates ‘debateable lands between Arabs & Kurds)’. Towns, cities and railways are also indicated, as is hydrology.
The map bears the printing statement ‘Ordnance Survey 1916’.
- Extent and format
- 1 map sheet
- Area map covers
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- Scale
- Scale 1:7,000,000
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- Horizontal
- Orientation
- North
- Degree coordinates
- Top-left: 39° 0' 29.88" N, 37° 0' 24.84" E
Top-right: 39° 0' 29.88" N, 50° 6' 9.36" E
Bottom-left: 28° 59' 45.24" N, 37° 0' 24.84" E
Bottom-right: 28° 59' 45.24" N, 50° 6' 9.36" E - It is part of
- 190 imagesRef: Mss Eur F112/286
- Physical characteristics
Materials: Printed in black and coloured ink on paper
Dimensions: 160 x 174mm, on sheet 210 x 209mm
- 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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- Mss Eur F112/286, f 31
- Date(s)
- 1916 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Mss Eur F112/286, f 31
- Title
- ‘MESOPOTAMIA. Racial Divisions.’
- Pages
- 31r:31v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Public Domain