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IOR/X/3679
- Record Id:
- 040-004060884
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-002238108
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100135195764.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/X/3679
- Title:
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'A List of Names of Positions on Both Sides of the Persian Gulph. Baghdad 25th February 1836'
- Scope & Content:
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Bound volume divided into two sections:
Folios 2 to 6: Persian Coast and Islands
Folios 6 to 13: Arabian Coast and Islands
Names are listed in Arabic with 'their vulgar pronounciation in English letters' and spelling 'as expressed in the chart'. Selection and spelling of names relate to the 'Chart of The Gulf of Persia' published by James Horsburgh, Hydrographer to the Honourable East India Company, 1832 filed at IOR/X/3635/35/1-2 and Maps 147.e.18.(145.).
Folio 14 bears a note on transliteration and pronunciation.
Signed by Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Taylor, Political Agent, Turkish Arabia. Dated 25 February 1836; Consultation 29 June 1836. 'Referred to in the Bombay Marine Letter No. 20 of 1836.'
The front cover bears the stamped reference 'SEC. 5'.
- Collection Area:
- Map Collections
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002238107
036-002238108
040-004060884 - Is part of:
- IOR/X : India Office reference collection of maps
IOR/X/1-4999 : Maps described in the 1878 published catalogue
IOR/X/3679 : A List of Names of Positions on Both Sides of the Persian Gulph. Baghdad 25th February 1836 - Hierarchy:
- 032-002238107[0001]/036-002238108[0185]/040-004060884
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/X
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (14 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Arabic
English - Scripts:
- Arabic
Latin - Start Date:
- 1836
- End Date:
- 1836
- Date Range:
- 1836
- Era:
- CE
- Scale:
- Not applicable
- Scale Designator:
- Horizontal
- Coordinates (Decimal):
- 47.1750,23.9167,58.6417,30.3333
- Coordinates (Degree):
- E 47°10’30”-E 58°38’30”/N 30°20’0”-N 23°55’0”
- Orientation:
- North
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Manuscript: pen and ink on paper, with additions in pencil. Paper covers, stitch bound
Dimensions: 330 x 208mm
Foliation: In pencil, circled, top right-hand corner
- Former External References:
- U VI 33
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Court of Directors, East India Company, 1599-1858
Taylor, Robert, army officer, colonial administrator and diplomat, 1788-1852 - Subjects:
- Place names
- Places:
- Arabian Peninsula, Asia
Persia, Asia
Persian Gulf, Asia - Related Material:
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This names list refers to the chart:
'Chart of The Gulf of Persia' published by James Horsburgh, Hydrographer to the Honourable East India Company, 1832 filed at Maps 147.e.18.(145.)
- Related Archive Descriptions:
- IOR/X/3635/35/1-2