Sketch map of Bahrain and surrounding ports

IOR/R/15/1/319, f 113

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The record is made up of 1 map sheet. It was created in 1920. 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.

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Distinctive Features:

This is a printed version of a sketch map hold at IOR/R/15/1/319, folio 100.

Shows western shores of the Persian Gulf Historically used by the British to refer to the sea area between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Often referred to as The Gulf or the Arabian Gulf. with key regional ports marked and underlined in red. The map was produced to illustrate the debate over the port of Zubara, Qatar.

Below In the left-hand corner below neat line: ‘S.D.O. no. 2794, February 1920.’

Extent and format

1 map sheet

Area map covers

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Scale

not given

Scale designator

Horizontal

Orientation

North

Degree coordinates

Top-left: 26° 57' 39.96" N, 49° 36' 39.96" E
Top-right: 26° 57' 39.96" N, 51° 56' 46.32" E
Bottom-left: 23° 54' 58.68" N, 49° 36' 39.96" E
Bottom-right: 23° 54' 58.68" N, 51° 56' 46.32" E

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'File 19/109 II (C 17) Bahrain: Relations of Chief with other Foreign Powers'

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/319

Physical characteristics

Dimensions:

168 x 145 mm, on sheet 342 x 200 mm

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Map

Archive information for this record

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
Access conditions: Unrestricted
Archive reference: IOR/R/15/1/319, f 113
Date(s): 1920 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects: Foreign relationsNational EconomyReligious conflictsRights of statesArab nationalismSocial reformEconomic reform
Places: ZubarahAl-HasaBahrainBūshehrAbū-ShahrHormuz Isle
People & organisations: 'Abdullāh Āl QuṣaybīJames OrtonFrancis WardenĀl Khalīfah (Family)

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Sketch map of Bahrain and surrounding ports, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/319, f 113, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023477512.0x000001> [accessed 7 December 2019]

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Reference: IOR/R/15/1/319, f 113
Title: Sketch map of Bahrain and surrounding ports
Pages: 113r:113v
Author: East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
Usage terms: Open Government Licence