‘Sketch map of Qatar Peninsula’

IOR/R/15/1/627, f 285

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The record is made up of 1 map. It was created in 1935. 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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Content

Distinctive Features:

Photostat copy based on a map of Asia drawn to scale 1:1,000,000 issued by the War Office with adjustments controlled by traverses made during a survey carried out in February 1933 for the Iraq Petroleum Co. Ltd.

Shows roads and wells with boundary indicated by dash-dot line.

Inscriptions:

On recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. in the upper centre above title, in blue crayon: ‘A.P.O.C.’.

Extent and format

1 map

Area map covers

Map loading...

Scale

Scale approximately 1:250,000

Scale designator

Horizontal

Orientation

North

Degree coordinates

Top-left: 26° 21' 2.16" N, 50° 20' 7.08" E
Top-right: 26° 21' 2.16" N, 51° 38' 35.88" E
Bottom-left: 24° 28' 15.96" N, 50° 20' 7.08" E
Bottom-right: 24° 28' 15.96" N, 51° 38' 35.88" E

It is part of

'F 83 File 82/27-II QATAR OIL'

630 images

Ref: IOR/R/15/1/627

Physical characteristics

Dimensions:

820 x 503 mm, on sheet 580 x 543 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/15/1/627, f 285
Date(s): 1935 (CE, Gregorian)

Places: Qatar

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‘Sketch map of Qatar Peninsula’, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/627, f 285, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023872780.0x000002> [accessed 12 July 2026]

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