‘Rough Map of the KATAR PENINSULA’

IOR/R/15/1/370, f 164

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The record is made up of 1 map sheet. It was created in 1937?. 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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Content

Distinctive Features:

Title corrected to: ‘Sketch map of the QATAR PENINSULA’.

Relief shown by hachures.

Coast between Zubara and Jabel al Tabena outlined in red.

Numerous additions and corrections to place names and topographical features.

‘Al Doha’ underlined in blue crayon and ‘DOHAH’ added in later hand with coordinates inserted in pencil and annotation: ‘All these villages now form the town of Dohah the capital of QATAR’.

Extent and format

1 map sheet

Area map covers

Map loading...

Scale

approximately 1:250,000

Scale designator

Horizontal

Orientation

North

Degree coordinates

Top-left: 26° 20' 13.2" N, 50° 32' 8.88" E
Top-right: 26° 20' 13.2" N, 51° 38' 35.88" E
Bottom-left: 24° 28' 15.96" N, 50° 32' 8.88" E
Bottom-right: 24° 28' 15.96" N, 51° 38' 35.88" E

It is part of

'File 19/243 II (C 72) Zubarah'

444 images

Ref: IOR/R/15/1/370

Physical characteristics

Material:

Pen and ink with wash on paper with additions in pencil

Dimensions:

765 x 460 mm

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Map

Archive information for this record

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/15/1/370, f 164
Date(s): 1937? (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects: Foreign relationsNational EconomyReligious conflictsRights of statesArab nationalismSocial reformEconomic reform
Places: ZubarahQatarBahrainBūshehrAbū-ShahrHormuz Isle
People & organisations: James OrtonFrancis WardenĀl Na'īm (Tribe)Āl Thānī (Family)Āl Khalīfah (Family)

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Reference: IOR/R/15/1/370, f 164
Title: ‘Rough Map of the KATAR PENINSULA’
Pages: 164r:164v
Author: East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
Usage terms: Open Government Licence