‘Sketch Map Showing Police Outposts in the Euphrates Valley on the Road from Baghdad to Aleppo.’

Mss Eur F111/358, f 158

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The record is made up of 1 map. It was created in Feb 1897. 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 Euphrates river, from north of Maskanah to south of Baghdad. The names of police posts along the river valley are underlined with a single line, and the names of towns with regular garrisons are underlined with a double line. The map also shows part of the Tigris river.

The map bears the printing statements ‘Intelligence Branch. Topo. Dy. No. 1,848. Exd. C. J. A., February 1897.’, ‘(Sd.) J. A. D., 27-7-96.’ and the reference number ‘No. 1,179-I., 96.’

Extent and format
1 map
Area map covers
Map loading...
Scale
1: 1,500,000
Scale designator
Horizontal
Orientation
North
Degree coordinates
Top-left: 36° 48' 36" N, 37° 53' 24" E
Top-right: 36° 48' 36" N, 45° 12' 0" E
Bottom-left: 31° 0' 0" N, 37° 53' 24" E
Bottom-right: 31° 0' 0" N, 45° 12' 0" E
Physical characteristics

Materials: Printed on paper

Dimensions: 384 x 457mm on sheet 472 x 562mm

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
Mss Eur F111/358, f 158

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Feb 1897 (CE, Gregorian)

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‘Sketch Map Showing Police Outposts in the Euphrates Valley on the Road from Baghdad to Aleppo.’, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, Mss Eur F111/358, f 158, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100069734448.0x000002> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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