‘Rough Sketch showing Official Fronteir Lines of Kuwait State’ [‎312r] (1/2)

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‘Rough Sketch showing Official Fronteir Lines of Kuwait State’

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/531, f 312

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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Tracing of a sketch map produced to illustrate the act of violation of Kuwait Territorial waters by Iraq armed custom, attached to a letter no. C-182 dated 18th May 1934 (folios 313-319).

Kuwait State boundary and neutral zone limits indicated by red pecked line. Shows road from Basra to Jahara. The word ‘Frontier’ is misspelled in the title. An updated copy of the map (with several place names added) can be found at folio 320A.

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1 map

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Scale

Scale approximately 1:1,300,000

Scale designator

Horizontal

Orientation

North

Degree coordinates

Top-left: 30° 32' 28.68" N, 46° 30' 18" E
Top-right: 30° 32' 28.68" N, 48° 37' 56.28" E
Bottom-left: 28° 30' 22.32" N, 46° 30' 18" E
Bottom-right: 28° 30' 22.32" N, 48° 37' 56.28" E

Physical characteristics

Materials: Pen and ink on tracing paper

Dimensions: 321 x 175 mm

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English in Latin script

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Reference: IOR/R/15/1/531, f 312
Title: ‘Rough Sketch showing Official Fronteir Lines of Kuwait State’
Pages: 312r:312v
Author: East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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