‘Lower Mesopotamia between Baghdad and the Persian Gulf’ [‎55r] (1/2)

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‘Lower Mesopotamia between Baghdad and the Persian Gulf’

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Ref: IOR/L/PS/20/35, f 55

The record is made up of 1 map. It was created in 1919. 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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The map is printed in four colours, with each colour being used to indicate a different category of features:

blue: hydrographical features, including the river systems of the Euphrates and Tigris, canals, marshes and lakes, and their names. Notes on the flooding characteristics of different geographical regions are also indicated in blue;
green: agriculture, with rice cultivation marked in green, and other forms of cultivation marked in light green;
brown: physical topography, including mountains and ridges;
black: towns and villages, transport infrastructure (railways and roads) as well as place names and notes on topographical features.

Below the map is a key, scale, and information on the creation history of the map, with details of the various sources of additional information used in its production.

Extent and format

1 map

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Scale

1:1,000,000

Scale designator

Horizontal

Orientation

North

Degree coordinates

Top-left: 33° 59' 24" N, 43° 46' 12" E
Top-right: 33° 59' 24" N, 49° 15' 36" E
Bottom-left: 29° 0' 36" N, 43° 46' 12" E
Bottom-right: 29° 0' 36" N, 49° 15' 36" E

Physical characteristics

Dimensions: 760 x 640 mm.

Written in

English in Latin script

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Reference: IOR/L/PS/20/35, f 55
Title: ‘Lower Mesopotamia between Baghdad and the Persian Gulf’
Pages: 55r:55v
Author: East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
Usage terms: Open Government Licence

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