Map showing the area and situation of the civil aircraft landing ground on Muharraq Island [‎62r] (1/2)

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Map showing the area and situation of the civil aircraft landing ground on Muharraq Island

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Ref: IOR/R/15/2/517, f 62

The record is made up of 1 map. 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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The map shows Muhurraq Island, and the causeway linking Muharraq to Manama. Also shown are principal roads, tracks, buildings (including the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Manana), islands, and the location of several underwater freshwater springs. A rectangle on Muharraq Island indicates the area specified for the landing ground.

The letter to which the map was enclosed (f 60) states that the map is a print taken from the master copy of a map of the Bahrain Islands, the data for which was collected by the Desert Survey Officer on his visit to Bahrain in December 1936.

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1 map

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Scale designator

Horizontal

Orientation

North

Degree coordinates

Top-left: 26° 17' 47.37" N, 50° 35' 10.95" E
Top-right: 26° 17' 47.37" N, 50° 40' 16.24" E
Bottom-left: 26° 13' 28.56" N, 50° 35' 10.95" E
Bottom-right: 26° 13' 28.56" N, 50° 40' 16.24" E

Physical characteristics

Materials: Parchment

Dimensions: 680 x 598 mm

Foliation: The map has a folio number (62) on the front in its top-right corner. The number is enclosed by a circle.

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English in Latin script

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Reference: IOR/R/15/2/517, f 62
Title: Map showing the area and situation of the civil aircraft landing ground on Muharraq Island
Pages: 62r:62v
Author: East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
Usage terms: Open Government Licence

Map showing the area and situation of the civil aircraft landing ground on Muharraq Island [‎62r] (1/2)

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