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‘Sketch of Manâma and Camp Sites A and B’ [9v] (1/2)
The record is made up of 1 map. It was created in 1914. 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, drawn in pencil with red pen annotations, indicates proposed campsites (labelled A, B and C) for regiments of Indian Expeditionary Force D, outside of Manama town in Bahrain. The map indicates: principal buildings and thoroughfares in Manama and its vicinity (including the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Victoria Memorial hospital, Shaikh Isa’s [Shaikh ‘Īsá bin ‘Alī Āl Khalīfah] fort, the bazaar, quarantine station); paths; date palm gardens (in green pencil); wells and other sources of water (in blue pencil); the coastline around Manama. Pencil annotations note the availability of drinking water for men and animals, and the passable nature of the date palms for infantry.
The map should be read in conjunction with the notes enclosed between the map’s two folios (f 10), which indicate: distances between various points on the map; recommended marching formations for infantry and animals; visibility of points for signalling stations.
Drawn on tracing paper, the map is likely a direct tracing of a near-identical map in the same file (f 6, f 8).
- Extent and format
- 1 map
- Area map covers
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- Scale
- 1:10560
- Scale designator
- Horizontal
- Orientation
- North
- Degree coordinates
- Top-left: 26° 14' 27.6" N, 50° 33' 54.63" E
Top-right: 26° 14' 27.6" N, 50° 36' 2.56" E
Bottom-left: 26° 13' 9.71" N, 50° 33' 54.63" E
Bottom-right: 26° 13' 9.71" N, 50° 36' 2.56" E - Physical characteristics
Materials: Paper folio.
Dimensions: 432 x 416 mm.
Foliation: The map is foliated in the top right corner with a circled pencil number
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- English in Latin script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/R/15/2/1820, f 9, f 11
- Title
- ‘Sketch of Manâma and Camp Sites A and B’
- Pages
- 9v, 11r
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence