Sketch map of Trucial Oman

IOR/R/15/2/179, f 81

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The record is made up of 1 map. It was created in 1942. It was written in English. The original is part of the 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. .

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Hand-drawn map of route between Sharjah and Kalba by Cornelius James Pelly, British Agent, Sharjah, to accompany letter to Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Bahrain (folios 79-80).

Includes a key to symbols in the upper right-hand corner with approximate distances reported below.

Extent and format
1 map
Area map covers
Map loading...
Scale
Scale not given
Scale designator
Horizontal
Orientation
North
Degree coordinates
Top-left: 25° 26' 4.52" N, 55° 22' 17.15" E
Top-right: 25° 26' 4.52" N, 56° 25' 46.26" E
Bottom-left: 24° 58' 10.43" N, 55° 22' 17.15" E
Bottom-right: 24° 58' 10.43" N, 56° 25' 46.26" E
Physical characteristics

Materials:

Pencil with additions in crayon on paper

Dimensions:

204 x 330 mm

Written in
English in Latin script
Type
Map

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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.
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Unrestricted

Archive reference
IOR/R/15/2/179, f 81

History of this record

Date(s)
1942 (CE, Gregorian)
Places
Trucial States
People & organisations
Cornelius James Pelly

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