'MAP 31 TO ILLUSTRATE THE PASSAGE OF THE ADHAIM 18th. April, 1917.'

IOR/L/MIL/17/15/66/3, f 185

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The record is made up of 1 map. It was created in 1925. 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 III , and shows a region around the confluence of the River Tigris and the River Adhaim [Nahr al ‘Uz̧aym] in central and eastern Iraq, indicating watercourses, old canals, settlements and tracks. Rivers are printed in blue, and Turkish positions are printed in green.

Prepared in the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defence, and printed at the Ordnance Survey in 1925.

Extent and format
1 map
Area map covers
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Scale
Scale approximately 1:115,000
Scale designator
Horizontal
Orientation
North
Degree coordinates
Top-left: 34° 5' 25.08" N, 44° 11' 24.36" E
Top-right: 34° 5' 25.08" N, 44° 21' 28.8" E
Bottom-left: 33° 59' 24.72" N, 44° 11' 24.36" E
Bottom-right: 33° 59' 24.72" N, 44° 21' 28.8" E
Physical characteristics

Materials: Printed on paper

Dimensions: 93 x 140mm, on sheet 216 x 338mm

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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IOR/L/MIL/17/15/66/3, f 185

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Date(s)
1925 (CE, Gregorian)
People & organisations
Ordnance Survey, Southampton

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