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Plan of air station at Sharjah [4r] (1/2)
The record is made up of 1 map. It was created in 1949. 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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Copy of a plan of the aerodrome at Sharjah, originally enclosed with a letter from the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. to the Bahrain Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , dated 7 May 1949 (f 104). The map has been traced or reproduced from the map of the RAF station at folio 3, although this map is entitled ‘Sharjah’ instead of ‘RAF Station Sharjah’, and the label ‘Sharjah village’ has been mistakenly transcribed as ‘Smarjah village’. As with the map on folio 3, individual buildings and areas are identified and numbered within the station, as is the perimeter of the station and the extent of the landing area. There are additional lines on the map which demarcate the airfield. A box, edged in red pen, indicates the area occupied by the old civil landing ground, as referred to in the letter with which the map was enclosed.
A numbered list of the buildings in the station can be found in the file (ff 15-16). Outside of the station, other significant topographical features marked on the map including sand dunes, Sharjah creek and Sharjah village.
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- 1 map
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- 1:2600
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- Orientation
- North
- Degree coordinates
- Top-left: 25° 21' 44.19" N, 55° 22' 54.15" E
Top-right: 25° 21' 44.19" N, 55° 24' 35.35" E
Bottom-left: 25° 20' 28.03" N, 55° 22' 54.15" E
Bottom-right: 25° 20' 28.03" N, 55° 24' 35.35" E - Physical characteristics
Materials: 1 paper map.
Dimensions: 610 x 502 mm.
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- IOR/R/15/2/532, f 4
- Title
- Plan of air station at Sharjah
- Pages
- 4r:4v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence