‘Turkish Arabia Surveys and Map of the countries bordering on the Rivers Euphrates and Tigris – ’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Turkish Arabia Surveys and Map of the countries bordering on the Rivers Euphrates and Tigris – ’
- Date:
- 1844/1848
- Description:
- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, memoranda, and minutes, cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Major Henry Rawlinson, Political Agent in Turkish Arabia [Ottoman Iraq]; Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant Chief Engineer George Jervis; Captain Sir Robert Oliver, Superintendent of the Indian Navy; Captain Henry Blosse Lynch; and the Government of India.The item concerns the surveys of the Euphrates, Tigris, and Kuran [Karun] rivers, and the process of Captain Felix Jones creating a new chart from the results of Lynch’s survey expeditions. The item includes details of the employment of draughtsmen, the creation of copies, and lists of surveys, but it does not contain copies of the maps or surveys themselves.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft no 689/48’, ‘Coll[ection]: 19’, ‘Collection No 1 of No 51’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 352, and terminates at f 382 as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the item also contains an original pagination sequence.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival item
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Maps
Tigris River--Surveys
Euphrates River--Surveys - Geographic region:
- Euphrates River
Tigris River - Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100098593208.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100098593208.0x000001_en
IOR/F/4/2260/114582
IOR/F/4/2260/114582