Sketch map indicating the Petroleum Concessions Limited concession boundary and the route taken by an Arabian-American Oil Company survey party [111v] (2/2)
The record is made up of 1 sketch map. It was created in 7 Mar 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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The sketch map accompanies a letter sent by Basil Henry le Riolet Lermitte of Petroleum Concessions Limited (PCL) to the 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. at Bahrain, dated 7 March 1949 (f 104), which relates to an incident in which an Arabian American Oil Company (Aramco) survey party travelled into PCL’s concession area in Qatar. The letter indicates that the dotted and dashed black line on the map is the concession boundary, the red line the road taken by the Aramco survey party, and the blue circle the site of the PCL geological camp site. Other details marked on the map are portions of the east and west coast of Qatar, between which the concession boundary runs, and prominent land features.
The map is dated 7 March 1949 and initialled (illegible) in the bottom right corner. The map also bears the reference number D.R.G: No. Q/00.0027.
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- 1 sketch map
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- North
- Degree coordinates
- Top-left: 24° 53' 44.53" N, 50° 50' 36.38" E
Top-right: 24° 53' 44.53" N, 51° 31' 30.57" E
Bottom-left: 24° 32' 59.42" N, 50° 50' 36.38" E
Bottom-right: 24° 32' 59.42" N, 51° 31' 30.57" E - Physical characteristics
Materials : 1 paper folio.
Dimensions : 280 x 430 mm.
Foliation : The map has two folio numbers in its top right corner. Circled number 111a should be used for referencing purposes. The other folio number has been crossed out and should be disregarded.
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Sketch map indicating the Petroleum Concessions Limited concession boundary and the route taken by an Arabian-American Oil Company survey party [111v] (2/2), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/2/465, f 111a, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100028545189.0x000017> [accessed 29 March 2024]
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- IOR/R/15/2/465, f 111a
- Title
- Sketch map indicating the Petroleum Concessions Limited concession boundary and the route taken by an Arabian-American Oil Company survey party
- Pages
- 111r:111v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence