Sketch map of Trucial Coast and southern part of Persian Gulf

IOR/R/15/1/706, f 47

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The record is made up of 1 map sheet. It was created in 1926. 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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Distinctive Features:

Shows the location of tribes that dwelled in the Trucial States A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. area with names given and boundaries indicated by blue lines.

Topographical information based on ‘Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf’ by John Gordon Lorimer published in 1908.

The map, together with ‘Note on the tracts and tribes of South Hasa, Trucial Oman A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , “Independent Oman” and Dhahirah (Oman Sultanate), located between the coast of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and Ruba’ al Khali (the Great Salt Desert)’ was attached to the letter dated 9th June 1926 (folios 35-46).

Extent and format

1 map sheet

Area map covers

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Orientation

North

Degree coordinates

Top-left: 27° 23' 49.92" N, 49° 24' 24.84" E
Top-right: 27° 23' 49.92" N, 57° 9' 45.36" E
Bottom-left: 23° 38' 31.2" N, 49° 24' 24.84" E
Bottom-right: 23° 38' 31.2" N, 57° 9' 45.36" E

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'File 61/8 Bin Saud's Relations with Trucial Chiefs'

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/706

Physical characteristics

Materials:

Pen and ink with crayon on tracing cloth

Dimensions:

322 x 532 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 Documents collected in a private capacity.
Access conditions: Unrestricted
Archive reference: IOR/R/15/1/706, f 47
Date(s): 1926 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects: International relations
Places: Trucial StatesBūshehrAbū-ShahrHormuz Isle
People & organisations: King of Saudi Arabia 'Abd al-'Azīz bin 'Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa'ūdJames OrtonFrancis Warden

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Sketch map of Trucial Coast and southern part of Persian Gulf, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/706, f 47, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023708364.0x000001> [accessed 20 April 2024]

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Reference: IOR/R/15/1/706, f 47
Title: Sketch map of Trucial Coast and southern part of Persian Gulf
Pages: 47r:47v
Author: East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
Usage terms: Open Government Licence