Map of Basra. Published by the British Army 512 Forward Survey Company, Royal Engineers, September 1941. On paper size 84 by 63 cm. Scale 1:1,000,000. Coded GSGS 2555 and North H-38. Colour. Covers an area of southern Iraq and some of Saudi Arabia. With a key to features including towns, provinces, various gauges of railways, oil wells, forts, mosques, churches, canals etc. Another key provides colour-coded information on airfields, landing strips and other military features. There is also a glossary of Iraqi and Iranian terms used in the map. Heights are shown by shading, hachuring and by spot heights. Has been folded and creased but in overall Good to VG condition.