‘GEOLOGICAL MAP OF NAFT KHANA DISTRICT OF MESOPOTAMIA’
IOR/L/PS/10/815, f 198
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The record is made up of 1 map sheet. It was created in 1918?. 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 shows a geological representation of the area of the Naft Khana [Naft Khanah] District of Mesopotamia. The map includes two geological relief cross-sections corresponding to lines marked on the map, labelled ‘Section I’ and ‘Section II’, as well as an inset A small map or other image enclosed within the margin of a larger map, map sheet, or larger image; or papers placed inside a book or archival volume. showing the position of the Naft Khana oil seepages with regard to Baghdad. The legend of the map shows the vertical sections of the map and describes the symbols used in them. The map was created to complement a geological report on Mesopotamia. The bottom of the map includes the following statements: ‘Reg No. 2268. E 18’ and ‘HELIOZINCOGRAPHED AT THE SURVEY OF INDIA OFFICES, CALCUTTA [Kolkata]’.
- Extent and format
- 1 map sheet
- Scale
- Scale 1:221760
- Scale designator
- Horizontal
- It is part of
- 522 imagesRef: IOR/L/PS/10/815
- Physical characteristics
Materials: Printed in colour on paper
Dimensions: 498 x 716mm, on sheet 552 x 778mm
- Written in
- 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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- Archive reference
- IOR/L/PS/10/815, f 198
- Date(s)
- 1918? (CE, Gregorian)
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- IOR/L/PS/10/815, f 198
- Title
- ‘GEOLOGICAL MAP OF NAFT KHANA DISTRICT OF MESOPOTAMIA’
- Pages
- 198r:198v
- Author
- Unknown
- Usage terms
- Public Domain