The Daily Telegraph: War Map of Egypt and the Near East 1918

This Kharita™ of the Middle East was published in London 1918. It shows Anatolia, Egypt, and the Arabian Desert. The map was issued at the end of World War I, before the division of Ottoman territories by the League of Nations. Armenia is shown to cover a large portion of Asia Minor. The Strait of Hormuz at the entrance to the Persian Gulf is marked as “Pirate Coast.” The present-day states of the Persian Gulf states are labeled “East India Co (Brit).” Railroad routes, both actual and proposed, roads, and tracks are marked. Inset maps depict the Sinai Peninsula and surrounding countries and the wider Southwest Asia region.

Map Info

Creator: Gross, Alexander
Date: 1916
Language(s): English
Scale: approximately 1:4,500,000
Location: Middle East