‘Sketch showing untaxed Property of Sheikh of Kuwait in Shatt Al Arab Delta’
IOR/R/15/1/486, f 38
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The record is made up of 1 map. It was created in 30 Aug 1930. 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:
Hand drawn rough sketch map dated 30 August 1930 enclosed with a letter from Harold Dickson to Colonel Biscoe (folios 35-37).
Shows the estates along Shatt al Arab bought by Mubarak: Fadaghiyeh, Dora Maamir and Fao Estate with landlords names reported.
- Extent and format
- 1 map
- Area map covers
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- Scale
- Scale approximately 1:150,000
- Scale designator
- Horizontal
- Orientation
- North
- Degree coordinates
- Top-left: 30° 7' 12.71" N, 48° 22' 12.2" E
Top-right: 30° 7' 12.71" N, 48° 38' 13.78" E
Bottom-left: 29° 54' 7.01" N, 48° 22' 12.2" E
Bottom-right: 29° 54' 7.01" N, 48° 38' 13.78" E - It is part of
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- Physical characteristics
Materials: Pen and ink with crayon on paper
Dimensions: 303 x 141 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 Documents collected in a private capacity.
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- Archive reference
- IOR/R/15/1/486, f 38
- Date(s)
- 30 Aug 1930 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Shatt al ʻArab
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- IOR/R/15/1/486, f 38
- Title
- ‘Sketch showing untaxed Property of Sheikh of Kuwait in Shatt Al Arab Delta’
- Pages
- 38r:38v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence