'PROPOSED COAL DEPOT KOWEIT. BLOCK PLAN'

IOR/L/PS/10/49, f 105

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The record is made up of 1 plan. It was created in 11 Sep 1910. 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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Plan of the proposed coal depot at Koweit [Kuwait].

The plan is an accompaniment to letter no. 2461 from Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Zachariah Cox, Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , to the Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department, Simla, dated 11 September 1910 (a copy of the letter appears on folio 100). A note in crayon on the verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. of the map states that it was sent with the Secretary's letter of 13 October 1910.

The plan shows coal godowns, proposed pier, and 'Shaik's [Shaikh's] Coal Shed'.

Additionally, there is a 'Section on Y.Z.' (scale: vertical 10 feet = 1 inch; horizontal 60 feet = 1 inch) inscribed 'Copied from plan of Shweikh made by Officers of H.M.S. Lapwing (July 1909)'.

Extent and format
1 plan
Scale
1:40
Scale designator
Horizontal
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Physical characteristics

Materials: printed on paper.

Dimensions: 680 x 1,010 mm.

Foliation: the plan has been foliated with the number 105 written in pencil enclosed in a circle in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of the folio.

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English in Latin script
Type
Plan

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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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Unrestricted

Archive reference
IOR/L/PS/10/49, f 105
Former external reference(s)
Reg. No. 3071 E., 10. -H. -40.

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11 Sep 1910 (CE, Gregorian)

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