A blueprint map showing central Manama. An area of the map is shaded in yellow to signify an area that was deemed out of bounds for foreigners in Bahrain wishing to observe Muharram processions. The map accompanied letter No. DO 406/6 (folio 14).
The map shows the municipal boundary and wards of the Quetta Civil Station. The map was part of The Quetta Municipal Law, 1946. It shows roads and railways, with names where applicable, and some sites and features of note, such as race course, jail, Residency, and wooded areas. The map was printe...
Map indicating the SS Begum’s touching of the Rennie Shoals [Mushţ Rinnī]
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The map accompanies explanatory notes in the file (f 33) dated 9 April 1933, and indicates the intended and actual courses of the SS Begum, with nautical measurements, leading up to its touching of the Rennie Shoals [Mushţ Rinnī] in the Persian Gulf, approximately fifty miles north of Bahrain. T...
The map is part of a booklet entitled ‘Leper Survey in the Arabian Peninsula’ by Doctor William Harold Storm, published January 1937 and reprinted from Leprosy Review, Vol. VIII, No.1. The map shows an outline of the Arabian Peninsula and indicates: mountainous regions; rivers; annotations for re...
Layout of the proposed Bahrain Sport Club premises
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Pencil drawing showing the layout of the proposed new Bahrain Sports Club premises. The plan, which is indicated as not being drawn to scale, shows a rectilinear parcel of land, 150 feet by 210 feet in size, with two tennis courts, two badminton courts, and clubhouse with pavilion, billiards salo...