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IOR/X/3117/2
- Record Id:
- 040-002409581
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-002238108
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000005576.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023663819.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/X/3117/2
- Title:
- ‘Abū-Shahr Peninsula. By Lieut. A.W. Stiffe. H.M.I.N.’
- Scope & Content:
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Imprint:
Published by order of Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for India in Council. Signed in the bottom left-hand corner ‘Trel. Saunders, Engraver 1875’; and in the bottom right-hand corner ‘A.W. Stiffe delt.’.
Distinctive Features:
Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by contours.
Map of Bū-Shehr Peninsula [Būshehr] produced by Lieutenant Arthur William Stiffe to illustrate the military campaign of 1856-1857. 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 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 Abū-Shahr’ showing location of the Redoubt, the British Residency building, the Telegraph Office, the Persian Flagstaff [Flagpole], Great Mosque and Armenian Church.
Preliminary sketch for this map held at IOR/X/3117/1.
- Collection Area:
- Map Collections
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002238107
036-002238108
040-002409581 - Is part of:
- IOR/X : India Office reference collection of maps
IOR/X/1-4999 : Maps described in the 1878 published catalogue
IOR/X/3117/2 : ‘Abū-Shahr Peninsula. By Lieut. A.W. Stiffe. H.M.I.N.’ - Hierarchy:
- 032-002238107[0001]/036-002238108[0096]/040-002409581
- 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_100000005576.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1875
- End Date:
- 1875
- Date Range:
- Sep 1875
- 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:
- Dimensions: 580 x 587 mm, on sheet 902 x 642 mm
- Former External References:
- M.V.27
- Material Type:
- Maps and Plans
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)