'Plan of Mosul and Surrounding Country, Corrected from Jones' Survey'
IOR/L/PS/20/144, f 87
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The record is made up of 1 map. It was created in Aug 1889. 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 found at folio 87 of 'Reconnaissances in Mesopotamia, Kurdistan, North-West Persia and Luristan, Volume I', by F R Maunsell.
The map is focused on Mosul on the west bank of the Tigris, and Nineveh on the east. It shows buildings, roads, hydrology, and indicates vegetation.
The following references are made on the map:
- • The great Mosque in ruins.
- • Nissaníyeh mosque leading minaret.
- • Peaked cone tomb, Ibn-al-Hassan.
- • Jam'a aj-jisr Mosque of the Bridge.
- • Jam'a Huseyn Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. .
- • Psha's mosque.
- • Serai.
- • Police Office.
- • Jam'a Bab-al-jedyd, mosque of the new gate.
- • Jam'a Bab-al-beyth, mosque of the white gate.
- • Kaniseht Miryam of the Syrian Christians.
- • Kaniseht Miryam of the Chaldeans.
- Extent and format
- 1 map
- Area map covers
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- Scale
- Scale approximately 1:37,420
- Scale designator
- Horizontal
- Orientation
- North
- Degree coordinates
- Top-left: 36° 23' 25.08" N, 43° 4' 52.32" E
Top-right: 36° 23' 25.08" N, 43° 10' 40.8" E
Bottom-left: 36° 18' 30.6" N, 43° 4' 52.32" E
Bottom-right: 36° 18' 30.6" N, 43° 10' 40.8" E - It is part of
- 312 imagesRef: IOR/L/PS/20/144
- Physical characteristics
Materials: printed on paper, with watercolour additions.
Dimensions: 250 x 330 mm.
- 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/20/144, f 87
- Date(s)
- Aug 1889 (CE, Gregorian)
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- IOR/L/PS/20/144, f 87
- Title
- 'Plan of Mosul and Surrounding Country, Corrected from Jones' Survey'
- Pages
- 87r:87v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence