'Mouth of the Euphrates, Shatt Al Arab and Bahmishir River'. June 1914 Edition with manuscript additions
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- 'Mouth of the Euphrates, Shatt Al Arab and Bahmishir River'. June 1914 Edition with manuscript additions
- Creator:
- Cartographer: Malby & Sons
- Date:
- 1914/1914
- Description:
- Abstract: Chart 1235 (June 1914 Edition with manuscript additions)Hydrographic chart of southern Mesopotamia covering the lower Shatt al Arab (the combined mouth of the Euphrates and Tigris rivers), the Bahmishir River [Rudkhaneh-ye Bahmanshir] (a secondary estuary of the Karun River [Rudkhaneh-ye Karun]) and the head of the Persian Gulf. Portrays hydrology, including depths by soundings and contours, sands and mud, vegetation, cultivation, railways, telegraph lines, settlements including significant buildings, and place names, and includes topographical notes and navigational aids, including buoys, lights and prominent buildings. Also shows an annotated sketch view, at an unspecified scale, of the mouth of the Shatt al Arab taken from the south.Includes insets of a northwards continuation of the Shatt al Arab to Al Basra [Al Basrah, Iraq] Anchorage, at scale approximately 1:95,000; the Karun River from Ahwaz, [Ahvaz, Iran] to its confluence with the Shatt al Arab at scale approximately 1:300,000; Adaban Anchorage at scale approximately 1:22,000; Muhammera [Khorramshahr, Iran] at scale approximately 1:17,000; and Al Basra Anchorage at scale approximately 1:15,000.Manuscript additions in coloured ink and crayon show military movements to November 1914.The river entrances surveyed by lieutenants Walford Charles Taylor, Edmund Wilmot Danson and Edward Heath Dauglish, Royal Indian Marine, under the direction of Commander Charles Steward Hickman, Royal Indian Marine, and Commander Frederic Henry Walter, Royal Navy, and the officers of Her Majesty's Ship Odin, 1911. Shatt al Arab and Khor Abdalla created by Commander Willoughby George Beauchamp, Royal Indian Marine, 1899 and 1906. Bahmishir River from a sketch survey by Lieutenant Gordon S Gunn, Royal Indian Marine, 1890. Engraved by Malby & Sons. Published at the Admiralty 1898, with new editions 1899, August 1900, November 1900, 1902, 1904, 1907, 1911, January 1912, September 1912, May 1914, and small corrections June 1914.The sheet bears the stamp '304.14' in the upper right margin.Physical description: Materials: Printed, with manuscript additions in watercolour, coloured ink and crayon, on paperDimensions: 914 x 676mm, on sheet 1032 x 688mm
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Map
- Type (Narrower):
- Maps
- Type (Broader):
- Image
- Geographic region:
- نهر الفرات
شط العرب
نهر بهمنشیر
بلاد الرافدين
الخليج العربي
البصرة
نهر كارون
الأهواز - Rights:
- المُلكية العامة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100138148117.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100138148117.0x000001_en
IOR/X/3828/1235/1914
IOR/X/3828/1235/1914