‘BAHREIN & VICINITY. BR-486/1’

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Distinctive Features:

Depths shown by contours.

Attached to letter dated 29th May 1939 regarding Saudi claim to certain islands.

Sketch map prepared by the Bahrain Petroleum Company from Admiralty charts and other information on record showing Bahrain, the Saudi Arabia and Qatar coasts and the waters to the north, with shoals and reefs mapped in detail.

New information obtained during the reconnaissance survey between 25th and 27th May 1939, added in red ink including the proposed boundaries line to determine territorial waters of Saudi Arabia and Bahrain.

Extent and format

1 map sheet

Area map covers

Map loading...

Scale

approximately 1:100,000

Scale designator

Horizontal

Orientation

North

Degree coordinates

Top-left: 27° 0' 36.72" N, 50° 0' 46.44" E
Top-right: 27° 0' 36.72" N, 51° 4' 39" E
Bottom-left: 25° 0' 9" N, 50° 0' 46.44" E
Bottom-right: 25° 0' 9" N, 51° 4' 39" E

It is part of

'File 19/163 II (C 77) Nejd-Bahrain Relations'

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/335

Physical characteristics

Materials:

Blueprint on tracing paper with additions in wash and red ink

Dimensions:

2207 x 914 mm, on sheet 2232 x 978 mm

Written in

English in Latin 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/15/1/335, f 157B

History of this record

Date(s)

1939 (CE, Gregorian)

Related material

Subjects

Foreign relationsNational EconomyReligious conflictsRights of statesArab nationalismSocial reformEconomic reform

Places

Kingdom of HejazHidjazBahrainBūshehrAbū-ShahrHormuz Isle

People & organisations

Bahrain Petroleum CompanyArabian American Oil CompanyKing of Saudi Arabia Sa'ūd bin 'Abd al-'Azīz Āl Sa'ūdJames OrtonFrancis WardenĀl Sa'ūd (Family)Āl Khalīfah (Family)

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‘BAHREIN & VICINITY. BR-486/1’, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/335, f 157B, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023510177.0x000001> [accessed 22 December 2024]

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