‘MAP OF BASRA AND MAGIL’

IOR/L/MIL/17/15/55, f 42

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The record is made up of 1 map. It was created in 30 Jan 1919. 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 the state of the roads in and around Basra City. Different categories of roads are highlighted in different colours as follows: concrete roads (solid red line), metalled roads (red dashes), proposed metalled roads (small red dashes), kutcha roads (solid green line), proposed kutcha roads (green dashes), civil roads (yellow), and proposed civil roads (yellow dashes). A reference key for the map can be found in the top right corner.

The scale of the map is 3 inches to 1 mile.

The map includes two printing statements ‘Reproduced by Basrah Survey Party I.E.F.D No. 81 Dated 12.6.17’ and ‘Reproduced by Survey Party M.E.F. No. 339 Dated 30-1-19’.

Extent and format
1 map
Area map covers
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Scale
1:21,120
Scale designator
Horizontal
Orientation
North
Degree coordinates
Top-left: 30° 35' 0.23" N, 47° 44' 41.51" E
Top-right: 30° 35' 0.23" N, 47° 53' 21.85" E
Bottom-left: 30° 26' 50.43" N, 47° 44' 41.51" E
Bottom-right: 30° 26' 50.43" N, 47° 53' 21.85" E
It is part of
Physical characteristics

Materials: Printed on paper

Dimensions: 645 x 640mm

Written in
English in Latin script
Type
Map

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Original held at
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.
Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/55, f 42

History of this record

Date(s)
30 Jan 1919 (CE, Gregorian)
Subjects
Roads
Places
BasraMagil

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‘MAP OF BASRA AND MAGIL’, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/MIL/17/15/55, f 42, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100042400916.0x000002> [accessed 6 November 2024]

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