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IOR/X/3681
- Record Id:
- 040-002788696
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-002238108
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023472745.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023860385.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/X/3681
- Title:
- ‘Chart of the South Coast of the Persian Gulph from Shaum to Ul Umrah by Philip Maughan. 1821. Drawn by M. Houghton’
- Scope & Content:
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Distinctive Features:
Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings.
Hand drawn nautical chart of the shores of the Persian Gulf compiled from the survey carried out by the Bombay Marine’s officers in 1821 showing the western coastline from Shaum [Ash Sha‘m or Sha’am] to Ul Umrah [Jazīrah al Ḩamrā’].
Below title a note: ‘I was assisted in the execution of the Survey by Lieut.t J.M. Guy Command.s the H.C. Cruizer Psyche, & by Lieut.ts R.Cogan, W.E. Rogers & M. Houghton. P.M. [Philip Maughan]’.
Includes a descriptive note with remarks on survey execution with details on hazardous features and coastal topography. Latitude of Shaum reported; a network of triangles inserted on the map in red ink.
The location of ruins of Ras el Khyma and fishermen huts indicated with shoals and rocks represented by crosses.
Contains dedication to the Court of Directors of the United East India Company from Philip Maughan.
Oriented with south to the top.
- Collection Area:
- Map Collections
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002238107
036-002238108
040-002788696 - Is part of:
- IOR/X : India Office reference collection of maps
IOR/X/1-4999 : Maps described in the 1878 published catalogue
IOR/X/3681 : ‘Chart of the South Coast of the Persian Gulph from Shaum to Ul Umrah by Philip Maughan. 1821. Drawn by M. Houghton’ - Hierarchy:
- 032-002238107[0001]/036-002238108[0187]/040-002788696
- 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_100023472745.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1821
- End Date:
- 1821
- Date Range:
- 1821
- Era:
- CE
- Scale:
- Scale approximately 1:48,000
- Scale Designator:
- Horizontal
- Coordinates (Decimal):
- 55.5076,25.3724,56.1581,26.1396
- Coordinates (Degree):
- E 55°30’27”-E 56°9’29”/N 26°8’23”-N 25°22’21”
- Orientation:
- South
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Pen and ink on paper
Dimensions: 733 x 1245 mm, on sheet 765 x 1308 mm
- Former External References:
- U.VI.36
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)