'SKETCH MAP OF QATAR PENINSULA'

Content

Distinctive Features:

Relief shown by hachures.

Roads indicated by pecked lines. Shows Qatar and Bahrain.

The Southern border of Qatar is indicated by a thick pecked line.

Copy of the map enclosed to a letter on the question of the Southern limit of the Qatar Oil Concession sent by L. Lefroy at the Britannic House, London, to J.G. Laithwhite at the 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. , London, on 18 January 1935 (IOR/R/15/416, folio 4).

Inscriptions:

Toponyms are in English; Qatar and Dohah are also translated to Arabic.

Extent and format

1 map sheet

Area map covers

Map loading...

Scale

1: 804,000

Scale designator

Horizontal

Orientation

North

Degree coordinates

Top-left: 26° 22' 48" N, 50° 22' 12" E
Top-right: 26° 22' 48" N, 51° 43' 12" E
Bottom-left: 24° 10' 12" N, 50° 22' 12" E
Bottom-right: 24° 10' 12" N, 51° 43' 12" E

It is part of

'File 10/3 VII Qatar Oil Concession'

536 images

Ref: IOR/R/15/2/416

Physical characteristics

Materials: printed on paper

Dimensions: 402 x 250 mm; on sheet 415 x 299 mm.

Foliation: The map has been foliated in the top right hand corner with a pencil number enclosed in a circle.

Written in

English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script

Type

Map

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/R/15/2/416, f 23

History of this record

Date(s)

1935? (CE, Gregorian)

Related material

Subjects

Petroleum industry

Places

Kuwait

People & organisations

Anglo-Iranian Oil Company LimitedAdviser to the Government of BahrainBahrain Petroleum CompanyBahrain Political Agency, Confidential OfficeSecretary of State for India and Burma, United KingdomSecretary of State for India, United KingdomKing of BahrainBahrain Political AgencyShaikh Hakim of Bahrain Ḥamad bin 'Īsá Āl KhalīfahShaikh Hakim of Bahrain Salmān bin Ḥamad Āl KhalīfahKing of Saudi Arabia Sa'ūd bin 'Abd al-'Azīz Āl Sa'ūd

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'SKETCH MAP OF QATAR PENINSULA', British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/2/416, f 23, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100024174977.0x000001> [accessed 19 November 2024]

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