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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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 - It is part of
- 534 imagesRef: 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
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- 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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Unrestricted
- Archive reference
- IOR/R/15/1/319, f 113
- Date(s)
- 1920 (CE, Gregorian)
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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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- 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