Sketch Map Showing Proposed Border between Abu Dhabi and Dubai
IOR/L/PS/12/3838, f 58
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The record is made up of 1 map. It was created in 1947. 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 accompanies a letter on folio 57 of IOR/L/PS/12/3838, from the Manager, Petroleum Development ( Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ) Limited to the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Bahrain. In the letter the Company suggest that, in view of discussions over the boundaries of the various shaikhdoms on the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , that the British Government should give consideration to a suggestion made by the Company's geologists that the border between Abu Dhabi and Dubai should be drawn between two potential oil fields (indicated by a red line on the map).
The sketch map shows the outline of the relevant part of the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. with a number of settlements marked on the coast and in the interior.
The map is signed 'Lez'.
- Extent and format
- 1 map
- Area map covers
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- Scale
- 1:500,000
- Scale designator
- Horizontal
- Degree coordinates
- Top-left: 25° 33' 44.28" N, 54° 15' 58.68" E
Top-right: 25° 33' 44.28" N, 55° 36' 26.28" E
Bottom-left: 24° 15' 25.2" N, 54° 15' 58.68" E
Bottom-right: 24° 15' 25.2" N, 55° 36' 26.28" E - It is part of
- 675 imagesRef: IOR/L/PS/12/3838
- Physical characteristics
Materials: manuscript; coloured ink on tracing paper.
Dimensions: 350 x 540mm.
- Written in
- English in Latin script
- Type
- Map
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- 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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- Archive reference
- IOR/L/PS/12/3838, f 58
- Date(s)
- 1947 (CE, Gregorian)
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- IOR/L/PS/12/3838, f 58
- Title
- Sketch Map Showing Proposed Border between Abu Dhabi and Dubai
- Pages
- 58r:58v
- Author
- Abu Dhabi Company for Onshore Oil Operations xx Abu Dhabi Petroleum Company xx Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) Limited
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