‘‘Iraq-Persia Map No. 1’
IOR/L/PS/20/C204, f 32
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The record is made up of 1 map sheet. It was created in 1926. 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 sheet is one of four maps numbered 1 to 4 included in IOR/L/PS/20/C204. In the body of the report it is entitled ‘General Map of Iraq’.
In addition to Iraq the map shows Kuwait, eastern Persia [Iran], and the border areas of Turkey, Syria, and modern-day Saudi Arabia.
The map portrays: the routes of rivers; the southern coast of the Caspian Sea; notable settlements; and railway routes.
Imprint ‘War Office, May, 1926’.
- Extent and format
- 1 map sheet
- Area map covers
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- Scale
- Scale 1:2,000,000
- Scale designator
- Horizontal
- Orientation
- North
- It is part of
- 76 imagesRef: IOR/L/PS/20/C204
- Physical characteristics
Materials: printed on paper
Dimensions: 670 x 585mm, on sheet 710 x 660mm
- Written in
- English in Latin script
- Type
- Map
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- 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.
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Unrestricted
- Archive reference
- IOR/L/PS/20/C204, f 32
- Date(s)
- 1926 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Frontiers
- Places
- Kuwait
- People & organisations
- War Office
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- IOR/L/PS/20/C204, f 32
- Title
- ‘‘Iraq-Persia Map No. 1’
- Pages
- 32r:32v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Public Domain
