'Annexe Numéro 5A. SKETCH MAP OF THE PERSIAN GULF AND ARABIAN COAST'
IOR/L/PS/10/60 (ii)
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The record is made up of 1 map. It was created in 1913. 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 map shows part of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and part of the Arabian coast. The map also indicates settlements, with brief descriptions of topography and vegetation. A short note beneath the title gives the scale of the map at 1 inch to 60 miles. A reference note gives the key to the route of the Indo-European overland and submarine telegraph line as well as the roads which are marked on the map.
The map also features a line drawn in blue ink from just west of the Qatar peninsula down to the 20 degree horizontal line in the 'Rub-al-Khalia'. The blue line represents the 'blue line' (the frontier which marked the Ottoman Government's renunciation of its claims to Bahrain and Qatar, laid down in the non-ratified Anglo-Ottoman Convention of 1913 and redefined and adopted in the Anglo-Ottoman Convention of the following year). The map bears the words '(Sd) E. Grey. (Sd) I. Hakky.' in the bottom right hand corner.
Regions identified include: 'Hadramaut; Ruba'-al-Khalia; Oman; Oman proper'.
The map bears the printing statement 'Harrison and Sons Ltc, St Martins Lane, W.C.'
- Extent and format
- 1 map
- Area map covers
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- Scale
- 1:3801600
- Scale designator
- Horizontal
- Orientation
- North
- Degree coordinates
- Top-left: 28° 13' 48" N, 47° 14' 24" E
Top-right: 28° 13' 48" N, 61° 49' 48" E
Bottom-left: 16° 10' 12" N, 47° 14' 24" E
Bottom-right: 16° 10' 12" N, 61° 49' 48" E - It is part of
- 536 imagesRef: IOR/L/PS/10/60
- Physical characteristics
Materials: Printed on paper
Dimensions: 440 x 480mm, on sheet 470 x 540mm
- Written in
- English in Latin script
- Type
- Map
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- 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.
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Unrestricted
- Archive reference
- IOR/L/PS/10/60 (ii)
- Former external reference(s)
- (3000. 8/13. 2691) F.O. 67
- Date(s)
- 1913 (CE, Gregorian)
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- IOR/L/PS/10/60 (ii)
- Title
- 'Annexe Numéro 5A. SKETCH MAP OF THE PERSIAN GULF AND ARABIAN COAST'
- Pages
- 38br:38bv
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence