‘Map No. III. Sketch Map of Shaiba Defences’
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/95, p 47
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The record is made up of 1 map. It was created in Jun 1915. 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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Imprint:
General Staff India. S.D.O. No. 1251, June, 1915.
Distinctive Features:
Title continues: ‘Submitted with General Mellis’s report’.
Map of Shaiba and vicinity produced to illustrate the positions of British and Turkish military forces showing the location of various brigades and headquarters with fire, support and reserve trenches indicated by symbols and explained in a key at the upper right-hand corner.
Bottom right hand corner: ‘(Sd.) E.G. Dunn, Captain, Brigade Major, Shaiba Garrison’.
Marked ‘For Official Use Only’.
Same base map as IOR/L/MIL/17/15/95, p 45.
- Extent and format
- 1 map
- Area map covers
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- Scale
- Scale approximately 1:7,200
- Scale designator
- Horizontal
- Orientation
- North
- Degree coordinates
- Top-left: 30° 25' 26.67" N, 47° 36' 11.22" E
Top-right: 30° 25' 26.67" N, 47° 39' 56.17" E
Bottom-left: 30° 21' 58.06" N, 47° 36' 11.22" E
Bottom-right: 30° 21' 58.06" N, 47° 39' 56.17" E - It is part of
- 70 imagesRef: IOR/L/MIL/17/15/95
- Physical characteristics
Dimensions: 408 x 326 mm, on sheet 484 x 474 mm
- 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/17/15/95, p 47
- Date(s)
- Jun 1915 (CE, Gregorian)
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- IOR/L/MIL/17/15/95, p 47
- Title
- ‘Map No. III. Sketch Map of Shaiba Defences’
- Pages
- 47
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence