‘Plan of villages CHAH-HAQ and MIAN DASHT CHAHAR-RAHI PUNITIVE EXPEDITION APRIL, 1918’

IOR/L/MIL/17/15/30, f 4

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The record is made up of 1 map. It was created in Nov 1918. 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 shows a plan prepared for the General Staff India, of the villages Chah-Haq and Mian Dasht which were the target of a ‘punitive attack’ by British military forces in April 1918. The map also gives the location of features such as old garden walls, ruins, graves tower, and the distances to nearby settlements.

The map lists the scale as '4 inches = 1 mile'.

The map was printed by the Simla Drawing Office, and includes a printing statement which reads ‘S. D. O. No. 2422, November 1918’

Extent and format
1 map
Scale
1:15,840
Scale designator
Horizontal
It is part of
'REPORTS ON MINOR OPERATONS IN SOUTH PERSIA UNDER Brigadier-General Sir P. M. Sykes, K.C.I.E, C.M.G., from May to July 1918. GENERAL STAFF INDIA'
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Ref: IOR/L/MIL/17/15/30
Physical characteristics

Materials: Printed on paper

Dimensions: 164 x 223mm, on sheet 211 x 334mm

Written in
English in Latin script
Type
Archival item

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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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Unrestricted

Archive reference
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/30, f 4

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Date(s)
Nov 1918 (CE, Gregorian)

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‘Plan of villages CHAH-HAQ and MIAN DASHT CHAHAR-RAHI PUNITIVE EXPEDITION APRIL, 1918’, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/MIL/17/15/30, f 4, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100040227811.0x000011> [accessed 19 April 2024]

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Reference
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/30, f 4
Title
‘Plan of villages CHAH-HAQ and MIAN DASHT CHAHAR-RAHI PUNITIVE EXPEDITION APRIL, 1918’
Pages
4r:4v
Author
East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
Usage terms
Open Government Licence