Distinctive Features: Map showing the extent of the land on the sea coast between villages of Bisaitin (Busaiteen) and Dair with land owned by the RAF outlined in red and the leased area indicated in green. Classified “Secret". Shows the position of the civil and RAF landing grounds with ca...
Rough Tracing Showing Approach to P.D. (Q.) Jetty at Dohat ez Zekrit. (QATAR)
Scope & Content:
Distinctive Features: Reliefs shown by hachures. Shows the Jebel Dukhan promontory, Dohat et Zehrit, the surrounding shoals and water depth. Inscriptions: Descriptive notes on recto: Below the title: 'Soundings in feet corrected to lowest tide level observed to date 16/1/38.'
Rough Tracing Showing Approach to P.D. (Q.) Jetty at Dohat ez Zekrit. (QATAR)
Scope & Content:
Distinctive Features: Reliefs shown by hachures. Shows the approaches to the Petroleum Development Jetty at Zekrit, in the Dohat of Zekrit; it also shows the Jebel Dukhan promontory and the surrounding shoals and water depth. Inscriptions: Descriptive notes on recto: Below the title: 'Sound...
Genre/Subject Matter: Two hand-drawn designs for a jolly-boat commissioned for the Bandar Abbas Consulate in 1935. The first, a profile (f 5r) indicates the required fittings and decoration for the boat, including a union flag to be painted on the bow, a mast with two sails and 5 brass fittin...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1935
Extent:
2 pencil, pen and ink diagrams one one sheet of folded, watermarked paper
A hand-drawn sketch map of the Trucial Coast that shows the boundary between Dubai and Abu Dhabi as claimed by Dubai in 1949. Features such as ridges, palms, wells and sandhills along the border are marked on the map.