Copy of a ‘Tracing of “Warba” Island and Vicinity made by H.M.S. Sphynx in 1903’
IOR/R/15/1/531, f 321
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The record is made up of 1 map. It was created in 1933. 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:
Copy of a tracing of an outline map attached to a letter no. C-182 dated 18th May 1934 (folios 313-319).
Produced to show the position of a small island located south west of Warba within Kuwait territory with Kuwait boundary indicated by red dash-dot line. Al Tha’alib and vicinity marked in red and hatched; position of Um Qasr Fort shown.
“B” inserted in blue crayon in the upper centre.
- Extent and format
- 1 map
- Area map covers
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- Scale
- Scale not given
- Scale designator
- Horizontal
- Orientation
- North
- Degree coordinates
- Top-left: 30° 6' 56.78" N, 47° 51' 57.26" E
Top-right: 30° 6' 56.78" N, 48° 16' 11.22" E
Bottom-left: 29° 43' 41.15" N, 47° 51' 57.26" E
Bottom-right: 29° 43' 41.15" N, 48° 16' 11.22" E - It is part of
- 716 imagesRef: IOR/R/15/1/531
- Physical characteristics
Materials: Pen and ink with crayon on tracing paper
Dimensions: 204 x 330 mm
- 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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Unrestricted
- Archive reference
- IOR/R/15/1/531, f 321
- Date(s)
- 1933 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Bubiyan Island
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Copy of a ‘Tracing of “Warba” Island and Vicinity made by H.M.S. Sphynx in 1903’, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/531, f 321, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023590280.0x000001> [accessed 6 April 2025]
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- IOR/R/15/1/531, f 321
- Title
- Copy of a ‘Tracing of “Warba” Island and Vicinity made by H.M.S. Sphynx in 1903’
- Pages
- 321r:321v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence