'LEASED AREA NO. 1'
IOR/L/PS/12/3852, f 32
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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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Map showing the first of two proposed concession areas which Petroleum Concessions Limited (PCL) hoped to acquire from the Shaikh of Bahrain, identified as 'Leased Area No. 1'.
The leased area which the Company hoped to acquire is marked with a red line and covers the islands of FASHT AL JARIM [Fasht al Jārim] and KHOR FASHT [Khawr Fasht]. The map also shows part of the coast of the main island of Bahrain, with one area marked with red lines to illustrate the area where PCL wished to obtain surface rights.
Also included is a green line which marks the northern boundary of the Bahrain Petroleum Concession granted in 1925.
Part of Admiralty Chart No. 3790 (1933-34).
Longitude and latitude lines are marked on the map.
- Extent and format
- 1 map
- Area map covers
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- Scale
- Scale approximately 1:150,200
- Scale designator
- Horizontal
- Orientation
- North
- Degree coordinates
- Top-left: 26° 28' 48.86" N, 50° 27' 11.09" E
Top-right: 26° 28' 48.86" N, 50° 42' 51.6" E
Bottom-left: 26° 15' 10.24" N, 50° 27' 11.09" E
Bottom-right: 26° 15' 10.24" N, 50° 42' 51.6" E - It is part of
- Coll 30/123 'Bahrain (Unallotted Zone) Oil Concession: Negotiations with Petroleum Concessions Ltd.'801 imagesRef: IOR/L/PS/12/3852
- Physical characteristics
Materials: printed on paper
Dimensions: 320 x 210mm on sheet 340 x 240mm
- 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/12/3852, f 32
- Date(s)
- 1938 (CE, Gregorian)
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- IOR/L/PS/12/3852, f 32
- Title
- 'LEASED AREA NO. 1'
- Pages
- 32r:32v
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