‘Rough Sketch showing Official Fronteir Lines of Kuwait State’

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

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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.

Extent and format

1 map

Area map covers

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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

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'File 53/83 I (D 99) Kuwait-Iraq Smuggling'

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/531

Physical characteristics

Materials: Pen and ink on tracing paper

Dimensions: 321 x 175 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/15/1/531, f 312
Date(s): 1933 (CE, Gregorian)

Places: Kuwait

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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
Usage terms: Open Government Licence