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'Lower Mesopotamia between Baghdad and the Persian Gulf' [‎2v] (2/2)

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Ref: Mss Eur F112/555, f 2

The record is made up of 1 map sheet. It was created in 1916. 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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Created by the War Office. Covers the northernmost seventy miles of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and its hinterland extending 270 miles to the north and west in present-day Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. Portrays freshwater and coastal hydrology (including soundings Measurements of the depth of a body of water. and submarine contours), relief by spot heights A point on a map at which the height of the land is recorded. and shading, roads and tracks, railways, telegraphs, pipelines, cultivation, settlements, place names, water sources and international boundaries. Sheet bears the series designation Geographical Section, General Staff, No. 2563.

Verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. bears the annotation 'Lower Mesopotamia'.

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Scale 1:1,000,000
Scale designator
Horizontal
Orientation
North
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Materials: Printed in colour

Dimensions: 558 x 572mm, on sheet 752 x 668mm

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English in Latin script
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Mss Eur F112/555, f 2
Title
'Lower Mesopotamia between Baghdad and the Persian Gulf'
Pages
2r:2v
Author
War Office
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