‘12. Organisation of Communications in Summer & Autumn 1916’

IOR/L/MIL/17/15/72/2, f 23

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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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Imprint:

Heliozincographed at the Survey of India Offices, Dehra Dun.

Distinctive Features:

Sketch map of Lower Mesopotamia from Samarra down to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. produced to illustrate the British campaign in Mesopotamia showing communication features across the region with marching routes and different track gauges railway lines indicated.

Extent and format

1 map

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Scale

Scale not given

Scale designator

Horizontal

Orientation

North

Degree coordinates

Top-left: 34° 20' 6.72" N, 43° 35' 18.96" E
Top-right: 34° 20' 6.72" N, 48° 34' 0.12" E
Bottom-left: 29° 12' 44.28" N, 43° 35' 18.96" E
Bottom-right: 29° 12' 44.28" N, 48° 34' 0.12" E

It is part of

'Critical Study of the Campaign in Mesopotamia up to April 1917: Part II - Maps'

52 images

Ref: IOR/L/MIL/17/15/72/2

Physical characteristics

Dimensions: 195 x 100 mm, on sheet 236 x 154 mm

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Map

Archive information for this record

Original held at: 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.
Access conditions: Unrestricted
Archive reference: IOR/L/MIL/17/15/72/2, f 23
Date(s): 1925 (CE, Gregorian)

Places: Mesopotamia

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Reference: IOR/L/MIL/17/15/72/2, f 23
Title: ‘12. Organisation of Communications in Summer & Autumn 1916’
Pages: 23r:23v
Author: East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
Usage terms: Open Government Licence