‘Arabic Characters to Accompany and for Insertion in the Chart of the Persian Gulf’

Content

Distinctive Features:

Hand drawn table compiled by the East India Company Chart Office to accompany the Chart of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. with transliterated Arabic place names inserted in black ink.

Inscriptions:

On recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. in the upper right-hand corner in an annotation in black ink: ‘Reced. Pr. Upton Castle 3 May 1825’

On verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. in the centre of the sheet is an annotation in pencil: ‘The names marked with + are not exactly spelt in this list as they are marked on the Charts & Plans of the same places’.

Extent and format

1 item

Physical characteristics

Materials: Pen and ink on paper with additions in pencil

Dimensions: sheet 302 x 484 mm

Written in

English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script

Type

Map

Access & Reference

Original held at

British Library: Map Collections

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/X/3680

Former external reference(s)

U.VI.34

History of this record

Date(s)

1825 (CE, Gregorian)

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‘Arabic Characters to Accompany and for Insertion in the Chart of the Persian Gulf’, British Library: Map Collections, IOR/X/3680, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023278216.0x000001> [accessed 7 May 2024]

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