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‘Map Showing Selection by the Bahrein Petroleum Company Limited Under Concession Dated December 2nd 1925. Bahrein Island, Persian Gulf' [‎185v] (1/1)

The record is made up of 1 map. It was created in 1935. 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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Reduced printed copy of an outline map of Bahrain produced by the Bahrein Petroleum Company, sent with a copy of the Mining Lease with a letter no. P.Z. 3850/35 dated 7 June 1935 (folio 169).

Above title in the upper right-hand corner: ‘Second Schedule to the Lease dated 29th December 1934’.

Contains inset A small map or other image enclosed within the margin of a larger map, map sheet, or larger image; or papers placed inside a book or archival volume. outline map showing Muharrak Island and an extensive note with the ‘Description of Selection’.

Shows the position of posts which are numbered with measurements and coordinates reported.

Signed by the Sheikh of Bahrein (seal), F.A. Davis and J.M. Russell.

Photographic copy of the map can be found at folio 164.

Oriented with east to the top.

Extent and format
1 map
Area map covers
Map loading...
Scale
Scale approximately 1:40,000
Scale designator
Horizontal
Orientation
East
Degree coordinates
Top-left: 26° 15' 12.39" N, 50° 26' 32.47" E
Top-right: 26° 15' 12.39" N, 50° 37' 41.24" E
Bottom-left: 25° 52' 47.99" N, 50° 26' 32.47" E
Bottom-right: 25° 52' 47.99" N, 50° 37' 41.24" E
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Dimensions: 130 x 315 mm, on sheet 190 x 333 mm

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English in Latin script
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‘Map Showing Selection by the Bahrein Petroleum Company Limited Under Concession Dated December 2nd 1925. Bahrein Island, Persian Gulf' [‎185v] (1/1), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/661, f 185v, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023556257.0x0000aa> [accessed 15 January 2025]

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