‘Iraq (N.W. Frontier)’
IOR/W/L/PS/12/2848 (i)
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The record is made up of 1 map. It was created in c 1932. It was written in English and French. 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 area around the frontier between Iraq and Syria. It includes three red lines, which a key (in English and French) indicating that they represent the frontier determined by the Convention between the United Kingdom and France of 23 December 1920, as interpreted by the French Government, the British Government, and the Commission of Enquiry set up by the Council of the League of Nations to examine the frontier between Iraq and Syria. The map also indicates contours, hachures Lines drawn on a map to indicate the direction and steepness of slope. , and hydrology.
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- 1 map
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- Scale
- 1:1,000,000
- Scale designator
- Horizontal
- Orientation
- North
- Degree coordinates
- Top-left: 37° 0' 0" N, 40° 0' 0" E
Top-right: 37° 0' 0" N, 43° 3' 36" E
Bottom-left: 34° 1' 12" N, 40° 0' 0" E
Bottom-right: 34° 1' 12" N, 43° 3' 36" E - It is part of
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- Physical characteristics
Materials: Printed on paper
Dimensions: 393 x 276mm
- Written in
- English and French 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/W/L/PS/12/2848 (i)
- Date(s)
- c 1932 (CE, Gregorian)
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- IOR/W/L/PS/12/2848 (i)
- Title
- ‘Iraq (N.W. Frontier)’
- Pages
- 28Ar:28Av
- Author
- League of Nations
- Copyright
- ©United Nations Archives at Geneva
- Usage terms
- Creative Commons Non-Commercial Licence
- Reference
- IOR/W/L/PS/12/2848 (i)
- Title
- ‘Iraq (N.W. Frontier)’
- Pages
- 28Ar, 28Av
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence