‘6. Sketch Map of the Country Between Umm Al Hanna and Kut-Al-Amara Showing the Attack from the South on the Dujaila Redoubt. Compiled from the War Diary of Columns A and B Commanded by Major General G.V. Kemball, C.B., D.S.O., from 7th to 9th March 1916’
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/72/2, f 15
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The record is made up of 1 map. It was created in 1925. 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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Vandyked at the Survey of India Offices, Dehra Dun. S.D.O. 3935.3-25.
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Relief shown by hachures Lines drawn on a map to indicate the direction and steepness of slope. .
Map showing the area between Umm Al Hanna and Kut-Al-Amara [Al-Kūt] produced to illustrate the movements of the British and the Turkish military forces between 7th and 9th March 1916. Shows the positions of various divisions with number of troops and guns reported.
Contains key to symbols and a note at the bottom margin below scale statement: ‘This sketch is a reproduction of T.C.4 the only map then available. Having been compiled from aeroplane sketches it is not accurate’.
Map overprinted with numeric reference grid.
- Extent and format
- 1 map
- Area map covers
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- Scale
- Scale approximately 1:125,000
- Scale designator
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- Orientation
- North
- Degree coordinates
- Top-left: 32° 39' 16.86" N, 45° 46' 48.88" E
Top-right: 32° 39' 16.86" N, 46° 4' 56.68" E
Bottom-left: 32° 24' 41.95" N, 45° 46' 48.88" E
Bottom-right: 32° 24' 41.95" N, 46° 4' 56.68" E - It is part of
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- Physical characteristics
Dimensions: 225 x 320 mm, on sheet 380 x 405 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/17/15/72/2, f 15
- Date(s)
- 1925 (CE, Gregorian)
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‘6. Sketch Map of the Country Between Umm Al Hanna and Kut-Al-Amara Showing the Attack from the South on the Dujaila Redoubt. Compiled from the War Diary of Columns A and B Commanded by Major General G.V. Kemball, C.B., D.S.O., from 7th to 9th March 1916’, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/MIL/17/15/72/2, f 15, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100031020437.0x00000f> [accessed 23 July 2026]
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- IOR/L/MIL/17/15/72/2, f 15
- Title
- ‘6. Sketch Map of the Country Between Umm Al Hanna and Kut-Al-Amara Showing the Attack from the South on the Dujaila Redoubt. Compiled from the War Diary of Columns A and B Commanded by Major General G.V. Kemball, C.B., D.S.O., from 7th to 9th March 1916’
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- 15r:15v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence