‘Map of the Persian Gulf, ’Omān and Central Arabia compiled in the Foreign Office, Simla, by Lieut. F.F. Hunder, I.A. Survey of India, in Consultation with J.G. Lorimer, I.C.S., & Capt. M. O’C. Tandy, R.E., for “The Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, Oman & Central Arabia” 1905-06-07-08’

Content

Imprint:

Heliozincographed at the Office of the Trigonomertical Branch, Survey of India, Dehra Dún. Outline and hill shading by Munshi A term used in the Middle East, Persia and South Asia to refer to a secretary, assistant or amanuensis. Munshis were employed in the British administration in the Gulf. Karim Bakhsh. Typing by Munshis A term used in the Middle East, Persia and South Asia to refer to a secretary, assistant or amanuensis. Munshis were employed in the British administration in the Gulf. [sic] Karim Bakhsh and Tufail Ahmad Khán.

Distinctive Features:

Relief shown by hachures and spot heights.

Map of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and Arabian Peninsula compiled to accompany the 'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf’ by John Gordon Lorimer, showing the routes, railway schemes both completed and under construction, submarine telegraph lines and province and district boundaries in the region.

Map is divided into squares with borders lettered and numbered for reference. Includes ‘Index to Names Occurring in Gazetteer of Persian Gulf’ arranged alphabetically with place names listed in both English and Arabic. Also contains a key to symbols and abbreviations and an explanation of type used on the map.

Classified ‘Secret’ with instructions for the ‘Custody and Disposal of Secret Documents Issued by the Chief of the Staff’ signed by B. Duff, Lieutenant-General, Chief of Staff.

Inscriptions:

On recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. in the upper right-hand corner above neat line in red ink: ‘Copy No. 35’.

Extent and format

1 map in slip case

Area map covers

Map loading...

Scale

Scale approximately 1:2,000,000

Scale designator

Horizontal

Orientation

North

Degree coordinates

Top-left: 33° 59' 24" N, 30° 26' 60" E
Top-right: 33° 59' 24" N, 67° 31' 48" E
Bottom-left: 12° 6' 36" N, 30° 26' 60" E
Bottom-right: 12° 6' 36" N, 67° 31' 48" E

Physical characteristics

Dimensions: 1225 x 1750 mm, on sheet 1312 x 1816 mm

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Map

Access & Reference

Original held at

British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/L/PS/20/C91/6

History of this record

Date(s)

1905-1908 (CE, Gregorian)

Places

Arabian Peninsula

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‘Map of the Persian Gulf, ’Omān and Central Arabia compiled in the Foreign Office, Simla, by Lieut. F.F. Hunder, I.A. Survey of India, in Consultation with J.G. Lorimer, I.C.S., & Capt. M. O’C. Tandy, R.E., for “The Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, Oman & Central Arabia” 1905-06-07-08’, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/20/C91/6, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/node/263> [accessed 1 September 2024]

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