'MAP 8. THE TIGRIS FROM KUT AL AMARA TO BAGHDAD.'

IOR/L/MIL/17/15/66/2, f 315

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The record is made up of 1 map. It was created in 1923. 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 accompanies The Campaign in Mesopotamia 1914-1918. Volume II , and shows a stretch of the River Tigris between Kut [Al Kūt] and Baghdad in central and eastern Iraq, indicating military operations, cities, towns and routes. Rivers and marshes are printed in blue.

Prepared in the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defence, and printed at the Ordnance Survey in 1923.

Extent and format
1 map
Area map covers
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Scale
Scale approximately 1:575,000
Scale designator
Horizontal
Orientation
North
Degree coordinates
Top-left: 33° 22' 11.28" N, 44° 15' 32.76" E
Top-right: 33° 22' 11.28" N, 46° 5' 8.16" E
Bottom-left: 32° 22' 35.4" N, 44° 15' 32.76" E
Bottom-right: 32° 22' 35.4" N, 46° 5' 8.16" E
Physical characteristics

Materials: Printed on paper

Dimensions: 182 x 278mm, on sheet 213 x 325mm

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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Unrestricted

Archive reference
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/66/2, f 315

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1923 (CE, Gregorian)
People & organisations
Ordnance Survey, Southampton

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