‘13. Shaikh Saad and Kut-Al-Amara. Situation 22nd December 1916’
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/72/2, f 24
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The record is made up of 1 map. It was created in Mar 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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Heliozincographed at the Survey of India Offices, Dehra Dun. Simla Drawing Office, No. 3942, March 1925. S.D.O. 3936.
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Map of Shaikh Saad and Kut-Al-Amara [Al-Kūt] compiled from ground and air reconnaissance, produced to illustrate the movements of the British and the Turkish military forces on the 22nd December 1916. Shows the location of troops, trenches and lines of advance with positions of headquarters indicated by symbols and explained in a key at the upper right hand corner. The Tigris line of defences also marked.
Map overprinted with numeric reference grid.
Same base map as IOR/L/MIL/17/15/72/2, f 1.
- Extent and format
- 1 map
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- Scale
- Scale approximately 1:125,000
- Scale designator
- Horizontal
- Orientation
- North
- Degree coordinates
- Top-left: 32° 42' 19.14" N, 45° 34' 31.69" E
Top-right: 32° 42' 19.14" N, 46° 19' 44.05" E
Bottom-left: 32° 23' 10.66" N, 45° 34' 31.69" E
Bottom-right: 32° 23' 10.66" N, 46° 19' 44.05" E - It is part of
- 52 imagesRef: IOR/L/MIL/17/15/72/2
- Physical characteristics
Dimensions: 368 x 655 mm, on sheet 461 x 723 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 24
- Date(s)
- Mar 1925 (CE, Gregorian)
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- IOR/L/MIL/17/15/72/2, f 24
- Title
- ‘13. Shaikh Saad and Kut-Al-Amara. Situation 22nd December 1916’
- Pages
- 24r:24v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence