'PLANS IN THE PERSIAN GULF. BAHREIN HARBOUR'

IOR/L/PS/10/169, f 324

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The record is made up of 1 map. It was created in 1903-1911. 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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A map indicating the locations of one buoy and one stone beacon in Bahrein Harbour in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . The buoy and beacon are marked in manuscript with corresponding arrows drawn in the right margin.

The base map on which the buoys are indicated is Admiralty chart 3380, 'Published at the Admiralty, 2nd. Octr. 1903'.

A hand stamp on the verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. reads, 'British India Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. Received 19 Aug. 1908'.

Extent and format

1 map

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Scale

Scale 1:24,350

Scale designator

Horizontal

Orientation

North

Degree coordinates

Top-left: 26° 19' 41.88" N, 50° 30' 0" E
Top-right: 26° 19' 41.88" N, 50° 38' 24.36" E
Bottom-left: 26° 12' 38.52" N, 50° 30' 0" E
Bottom-right: 26° 12' 38.52" N, 50° 38' 24.36" E

It is part of

File 252/1910 Pt 2 Persian Gulf: lighting and buoying; buoyage of Shatt al-Arab

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Ref: IOR/L/PS/10/169

Physical characteristics

Materials: Printed on paper with manuscript additions in coloured ink

Dimensions: 465 x 470mm, on sheet 685 x 490mm

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/L/PS/10/169, f 324
Date(s): 1903-1911 (CE, Gregorian)
Related primary sources: Further copies of the base map are held in the British Library at shelfmark: Maps SEC.12.(3380.)

Places: Persian GulfBahrein
People & organisations: Admiralty

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Reference: IOR/L/PS/10/169, f 324
Title: 'PLANS IN THE PERSIAN GULF. BAHREIN HARBOUR'
Pages: 324r:324v
Author: East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
Usage terms: Open Government Licence