'MAP 31 TO ILLUSTRATE THE PASSAGE OF THE ADHAIM 18th. April, 1917.' [‎185r] (1/2)

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

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

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.

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1 map

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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

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Materials: Printed on paper

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

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English in Latin script

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'MAP 31 TO ILLUSTRATE THE PASSAGE OF THE ADHAIM 18th. April, 1917.' [‎185r] (1/2), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/MIL/17/15/66/3, f 185, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100056012807.0x0000af> [accessed 4 August 2026]

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Reference: IOR/L/MIL/17/15/66/3, f 185
Title: 'MAP 31 TO ILLUSTRATE THE PASSAGE OF THE ADHAIM 18th. April, 1917.'
Pages: 185r:185v
Author: East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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