'Appendix II' Map of Mesopotamia Showing a Proposed Nestorian Enclave

IOR/L/PS/10/774, f 466

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The record is made up of 1 map sheet. It was created in 1920?. 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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Map of Mesopotamia [approximately corresponding to present-day Iraq], with a black horizontal line denoting the northern limit of the British administration. An additional red line labelled ‘Proposed Nestorian Enclave’ marks out an area that straddles either side of the black line, with the half below the black line labelled ‘A’ and the half above the black line marked ‘B’. Further annotations denote the ‘B’ area as ‘Nestorian Country’, with the population of the lower ‘A’ half described as ‘Mainly Kurds’ or ‘Mainly Christians’. Scale not given.

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1 map sheet
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Scale
Scale not given
Scale designator
Horizontal
Orientation
North
Degree coordinates
Top-left: 37° 18' 51.01" N, 42° 52' 3.1" E
Top-right: 37° 18' 51.01" N, 43° 34' 51.43" E
Bottom-left: 36° 58' 31.34" N, 42° 52' 3.1" E
Bottom-right: 36° 58' 31.34" N, 43° 34' 51.43" E
Physical characteristics

Material: Printed on paper with manuscript additions in black and red ink

Dimension 440 x 620mm

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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/PS/10/774, f 466

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1920? (CE, Gregorian)

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