‘COPY FROM A TRACING OF A PORTION OF THE CHART OF THE SHATT EL ARAB – MAGHIL TO BASRA, SUPPLIED BY LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER CAMPBELL OF THE R.I.M.S. “COMET”.’
IOR/R/15/1/613, f 8
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The record is made up of 1 map. It was created in Dec 1912. 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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Title continues: ‘ON WHICH I HAVE MARKED THE BAGDAD RAILWAY MATERIAL DEPÔT IN RED INK’. Rough plan showing Basra and environs with the location of German Depot and Customs indicated. British Consulate’s coordinates reported.
In the bottom left-hand corner printed: ‘S.D.O. No. 605. Dec. 1912’.
- Extent and format
- 1 map
- Area map covers
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- Scale
- Scale approximately 1:70,000
- Scale designator
- Horizontal
- Orientation
- North
- Degree coordinates
- Top-left: 30° 34' 53.9" N, 47° 44' 56.04" E
Top-right: 30° 34' 53.9" N, 47° 48' 27.08" E
Bottom-left: 30° 32' 22.65" N, 47° 44' 56.04" E
Bottom-right: 30° 32' 22.65" N, 47° 48' 27.08" E - It is part of
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- Physical characteristics
Dimensions: 345 x 210 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/R/15/1/613, f 8
- Date(s)
- Dec 1912 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Shatt al ʻArab
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‘COPY FROM A TRACING OF A PORTION OF THE CHART OF THE SHATT EL ARAB – MAGHIL TO BASRA, SUPPLIED BY LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER CAMPBELL OF THE R.I.M.S. “COMET”.’, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/613, f 8, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023802913.0x000007> [accessed 25 April 2024]
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- IOR/R/15/1/613, f 8
- Title
- ‘COPY FROM A TRACING OF A PORTION OF THE CHART OF THE SHATT EL ARAB – MAGHIL TO BASRA, SUPPLIED BY LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER CAMPBELL OF THE R.I.M.S. “COMET”.’
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- 8r:8v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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