Middle East WWI

Baghdad
Baghdad
Series: GSGS 2555. Provisional Edition. Sheet North I-38. Paper map with no backing; index to adjoining sheets; glossary; compilation note; hypsometric tinting for elevation; list of map sales agents for the GSGS; full colour. Location: Research Collections WWI Trench Maps Fonds, Box 9, Envelope 38.
Map Showing Abbas Apex
Map Showing Abbas Apex
Manuscript map traced with map grid from the Atawineh map sheet in the Palestine 1:20,000 scale series. Starch-impregnated linen; small format (30cm x 30cm); Tack holes in each corner; no trenches. Annotations: Abbas Redoubt; lines indicating arcs of fire drawn from Sniper's Ridge, Essex Hill using coloured pencils. Location: Research Collections WWI Trench Maps Fonds, Box 9, Envelope 11.
Map of eastern Turkey in Asia, Syria and western Persia (ethnographical)
Map of eastern Turkey in Asia, Syria and western Persia (ethnographical)
Printed map. GSGS (Series) ; 2901. "Published by the Royal Geographical Society, 1910." "International boundaries as in July, 1914." "Railways inserted to November, 1917." A copy of this map is believed to have been consulted by Sir Mark Sykes, representing Great Britain, and Francois Georges Picot, representing France, when negotiating the Sykes-Picot Agreement involving the arrogation of territory in the Middle East in anticipation of the collapse of the Ottoman Empire during the First World War.
Palestine Exploration Fund Map
Palestine Exploration Fund Map
"Surveyed and drawn under the direction of Lieut. C.R. Conder R.E., Lieut. H.H. kitchener R.E., May 1878." Reproduced by the Survey of Egypt, Nov. 1917. Linen backing; shaded relief; monochrome map with brown hill shading; no trenches. Location: Research Collections WWI Trench Maps Fonds, Box 8, Envelope 258.
The Theatre of War in Mesopotamia
The Theatre of War in Mesopotamia
Extract from Stanford's War Map no. 9. Inset map: Approach to Baghdad. Location: Research Collections, Fonds: WWI Trench Maps France, Box 14, Envelope 10.
Tripoli
Tripoli
Reproduced by the Survey of Egypt, Oct. 1918 (042 M.A.). Road information up to 2-10-18. Annotations: "TRIPOLI 1918" printed in pencil on back. Heavy linen backing; brown shaded relief; roads in red; grid with letters along x axis and numbers along y axis. Location: Research Collections WWI Trench Maps Fonds, Box 8, Envelope 241.
[Gaza: Fusilier, Samson and Hereford Ridges October 1917]
[Gaza: Fusilier, Samson and Hereford Ridges October 1917]
Manuscript map drawn in coloured pencil. Map No. 4, O.C. [officer commanding] C & D companies. 5th Battalion R.S.F.[Royal Scots Fusiliers], 23rd October 1917. lined writing paper approx. 13" x 16." Shows placement and field of fire for Lewis and Stokes guns. Shows location of Battalion H.Q., Merioneth Defences, Fusilier, Samson and Hereford Ridges. Location: Research Collections WWI Trench Maps Fonds, Box 8, Envelope 237.
[Zerkiyeh Crossing, Birket Ramadan]
[Zerkiyeh Crossing, Birket Ramadan]
postcard-sized 'Message Map" with blank form on verso for supplying information such as present location and requesting supplies such as S.A.A., water, grenades, etc. Location: Research Collections WWI Trench Maps Fonds, Box 9, Envelope Misc.