‘Panorama from Zubair Gate, Basrah. Shewing the Flooded Desert and Various Convoy Routes to Old Basrah and Shaiba’ [44] (1/1)
The record is made up of 1 view. It was created in Jun 1915. 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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Imprint:
General Staff India. S.D.O. No. 1251, June, 1915.
Distinctive Features:
View of Shaiba battlefield and surrounding area issued as an ‘Appendix 14’ to illustrate British military operations on the 13th April 1915 with landmarks labelled for reference.
Bottom right hand corner: ‘(Sd.) G.F.R. Wingate, Captain R.A., 20-4-1915’.
Marked ‘For Official Use Only’.
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- 1 view
- Area map covers
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- Scale not given
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- Horizontal
- Orientation
- North
- Degree coordinates
- Top-left: 30° 26' 56.18" N, 47° 35' 41.56" E
Top-right: 30° 26' 56.18" N, 47° 45' 5.16" E
Bottom-left: 30° 19' 41.54" N, 47° 35' 41.56" E
Bottom-right: 30° 19' 41.54" N, 47° 45' 5.16" E - Physical characteristics
Dimensions: 171 x 557 mm
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- English in Latin script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/L/MIL/17/15/95, p 44
- Title
- ‘Panorama from Zubair Gate, Basrah. Shewing the Flooded Desert and Various Convoy Routes to Old Basrah and Shaiba’
- Pages
- 44
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence