'Leased Area No. 2.'
IOR/L/PS/12/3854, f 456
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The record is made up of 1 map. It was created in 1938. 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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Blueprint map, forming part of draft oil concession, dated 1938, showing the second of two proposed concession areas which Petroleum Concessions Limited (PCL) hoped to acquire from Shaikh Sir Hamad bin Isa al Khalifah [Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah], Ruler of Bahrain (folios 438-458). The area is identified as 'Leased Area No. 2'.
The leased area which the Company hopes to acquire is marked with red line and covers the Hawar group of islands and Fasht ad D'bal [Fasht ad Dībal]. The map also shows the bottom right corner of Leased Area No. 1.
Part of Admiralty Chart No. 2837B.
Longitude and latitude lines are marked on the map.
- Extent and format
- 1 map
- Area map covers
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- Scale
- Scale 1:150,200
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- Horizontal
- Degree coordinates
- Top-left: 26° 24' 1.12" N, 50° 40' 39.41" E
Top-right: 26° 24' 1.12" N, 50° 52' 2.83" E
Bottom-left: 25° 32' 21.88" N, 50° 40' 39.41" E
Bottom-right: 25° 32' 21.88" N, 50° 52' 2.83" E - It is part of
- 1195 imagesRef: IOR/L/PS/12/3854
- Physical characteristics
Materials: blueprint
Dimensions: 660 x 510mm, on sheet 680 x 540mm
- Written in
- English in Latin script
- Type
- Map
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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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- IOR/L/PS/12/3854, f 456
- Date(s)
- 1938 (CE, Gregorian)
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- IOR/L/PS/12/3854, f 456
- Title
- 'Leased Area No. 2.'
- Pages
- 456r:456v
- Author
- Petroleum Concessions Limited
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