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IOR/X/3117/1
- Record Id:
- 040-002409580
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-002238108
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000005575.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023648885.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/X/3117/1
- Title:
- ‘Bū-Shehr Peninsula. By Lieut. A.W. Stiffe. H.M.I.N.’
- Scope & Content:
-
Distinctive Features:
Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by contours.
Preliminary sketch for the printed map of Bū-Shehr Peninsula [Būshehr] produced by Lieutenant Arthur William Stiffe to illustrate the military campaign of 1856-1857 with corrections to 1873 inserted in red. Shows position the British army landing on the 7th December 1856, the line of advance and the extent of the site of ‘the British Intrenched [sic] Camp 1856-7’.
The map contains numerous corrections to spelling and notations concerning topographical features, shows the location of buildings, wells, cultivated land with tracks and safe position for landing and anchorage indicated.
In the top right-hand corner below scale statement there is a key to symbols and a note on sources used in compilation of the map with the reference to the chart of harbour by Commissioner Constable and Lieutenant Stiffe.
Includes an inset: ‘Enlarged plan of town’ showing location of the Redoubt, the British Residency building, the Telegraph Office, the Persian Flagstaff [Flagpole], Great Mosque and Armenian Church.
Printed copy of the map held at IOR/X/3117/2.
- Collection Area:
- Map Collections
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002238107
036-002238108
040-002409580 - Is part of:
- IOR/X : India Office reference collection of maps
IOR/X/1-4999 : Maps described in the 1878 published catalogue
IOR/X/3117/1 : ‘Bū-Shehr Peninsula. By Lieut. A.W. Stiffe. H.M.I.N.’ - Hierarchy:
- 032-002238107[0001]/036-002238108[0097]/040-002409580
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/X
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 map
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000005575.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1873
- End Date:
- 1873
- Date Range:
- before 1873
- Era:
- CE
- Scale:
- Scale approximately 1:48,000
- Scale Designator:
- Horizontal
- Coordinates (Decimal):
- 50.706539,28.792467,51.038091,29.118831
- Coordinates (Degree):
- E 50°42’24”-E 51°2’17”/N 29°7’8”-N 28°47’33”
- Orientation:
- North
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
-
Materials:
Pen and ink with wash on paper
Dimensions:
851 x 595 mm, on sheet 900 x 643 mm
- Former External References:
- M.V.27
- Material Type:
- Maps and Plans
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)