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1 item extracted from FO 371/23214. Iraq. 'Port of Basrah [now Basra]. Plan shewing...
Catalogue reference: MFQ 1/1230
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This record is about the 1 item extracted from FO 371/23214. Iraq. 'Port of Basrah [now Basra]. Plan shewing... dating from 1939 in the series Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MFQ 1/1230
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1939
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Description (What the record is about)
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1 item extracted from FO 371/23214. Iraq. 'Port of Basrah [now Basra]. Plan shewing area of land acquired from military funds taken over for the Port of Basrah and which it is now proposed to register in Tapu in the name of the Iraqi government'; also showing the boundary of the port area. Reference table. Scale: 16 inches to 1 mile. Compass indicator. MS additions, coloured, outlining and numbering plots of land.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 81 cm x 124 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:3600
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3984251/
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MFQ 1
Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series...
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Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from records of various departments held...
6,070 records
Within the series: MFQ 1
Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series...
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1 item extracted from FO 371/23214. Iraq. 'Port of Basrah [now Basra]. Plan shewing...
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