‘Qatar Peninsular Reconnaissance. 11-10-35’

IOR/R/15/1/606, f 74B

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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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Distinctive Features:

Outline map of the Qatar Peninsula copied from the British Admiralty Chart No. 2837b and enclosed with a copy of Report on the Air Reconnaissance carried out over Qatar on 11 October 1935 (folios 72-73). Classified ‘Secret’.

Shows the reconnaissance route with direction indicated. Contains a table with place names and coordinates listed.

Extent and format

1 map

Area map covers

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Scale

Scale approximately 1:870,000

Scale designator

Horizontal

Orientation

North

Degree coordinates

Top-left: 26° 54' 19.8" N, 49° 47' 49.2" E
Top-right: 26° 54' 19.8" N, 52° 45' 10.44" E
Bottom-left: 23° 51' 25.92" N, 49° 47' 49.2" E
Bottom-right: 23° 51' 25.92" N, 52° 45' 10.44" E

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‘File 61/31 IV (D 120) Anglo-Saudi frontier negotiations’

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/606

Physical characteristics

Materials: Photographic print

Dimensions: 452 x 361 mm, on sheet 490 x 384 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/15/1/606, f 74B
Date(s): 1935 (CE, Gregorian)

Places: Shatt al ʻArabQatar

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‘Qatar Peninsular Reconnaissance. 11-10-35’, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/606, f 74B, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100050153328.0x00000a> [accessed 4 August 2026]

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Reference: IOR/R/15/1/606, f 74B
Title: ‘Qatar Peninsular Reconnaissance. 11-10-35’
Pages: 74br:74bv
Author: East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
Usage terms: Open Government Licence