‘The Tigris-Euphrates Delta Showing Proposed Irrigation Works’
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/53, p 33
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The record is made up of 1 map. It was created in 1917. 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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Sketch map of the Tigris and Euphrates delta produced to illustrate ‘Report on the Development of Mesopotamia’ showing the proposed irrigation works with new canals and drains labelled for reference and coloured red and blue respectively. Shows marshes and overflow areas with proposed barrages marked.
Title continues: ‘Compiled from plans Nos. 2 and 77 in Sir W. Willcocks’s port folio and a map of Lower Mesopotamia’. Bottom left-hand corner below neat line: ‘M.A. Hakimkhan Draftsman’ and ‘Reg. No. 1306. E 17’.
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- 1 map
- Area map covers
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- Scale
- Scale approximately 1:500,000
- Scale designator
- Horizontal
- Orientation
- North
- Degree coordinates
- Top-left: 34° 33' 39.24" N, 42° 37' 56.64" E
Top-right: 34° 33' 39.24" N, 48° 57' 25.92" E
Bottom-left: 29° 45' 43.2" N, 42° 37' 56.64" E
Bottom-right: 29° 45' 43.2" N, 48° 57' 25.92" E - It is part of
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- Physical characteristics
Dimensions: 622 x 1506 mm, on sheet 672 x 1620 mm
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- 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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- IOR/L/MIL/17/15/53, p 33
- Date(s)
- 1917 (CE, Gregorian)
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- IOR/L/MIL/17/15/53, p 33
- Title
- ‘The Tigris-Euphrates Delta Showing Proposed Irrigation Works’
- Pages
- 33
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence