Map of Bahrain and vicinity

IOR/W/L/PS/12/3806B (i)

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The record is made up of 1 map. It was created in 1947. 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 accompanies Admiralty letter M.884/47 dated 5 September 1947, to the Commonwealth Relations Office (folio 96), and is used to show the division of waters between Bahrain and Qatar.

The map shows land and marine features.

Lines on the map plotted by capital letters (with pencil additions) indicate two alternative lines of division of the waters around the Hawar Islands.

Extent and format
1 map
Area map covers
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Scale
Scale 1:120,000
Scale designator
Horizontal
Orientation
North
Degree coordinates
Top-left: 26° 26' 49.97" N, 50° 7' 50.21" E
Top-right: 26° 26' 49.97" N, 50° 57' 1.69" E
Bottom-left: 25° 32' 6" N, 50° 7' 50.21" E
Bottom-right: 25° 32' 6" N, 50° 57' 1.69" E
Physical characteristics

Materials: printed on paper

Dimensions: 1020 x 810mm, on sheet 1130 x 890mm

Written in
English in Latin script
Type
Map

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Access & Reference

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/W/L/PS/12/3806B (i)
Former external reference(s)
M/8328

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Date(s)
1947 (CE, Gregorian)

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Map of Bahrain and vicinity, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/W/L/PS/12/3806B (i), in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100056536303.0x000004> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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