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IOR/L/PS/5/445, f 247
- Record Id:
- 042-003949903
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000538832
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100126308157.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100154581917.0x000002
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/5/445, f 247
- Title:
- Plan of Ras Morbut and Entrance to Western Bay. Aden
- Scope & Content:
-
Map of Ras Morbut [Ra’s Marbut] including lines showing:
- The range of Captain Haines’s battery [Stafford Bettesworth Haines, Political Agent, Aden]
- The range of the Committee’s battery
- The range of Lieutenant Curtis’s battery
- The entrance to the harbour, Ras Morbut and Ras Torshyan.
Five references are listed on the document, as follows:
‘A Committee’s battery and tower’
‘B Lieutt. Curtis’ battery unfinished’
‘C Captain Haines’ proposed battery’
‘D Committee’s Battery & Tower on Ras Tor[s]hyan which has been done away with’
‘E Conical Hill 68 [feet] above the top of Tower’.
The plan was originally signed by C W Grant, Lieutenant Colonel, Engineers. It was copied in the Chief Engineer’s Office, Bombay [Mumbai], 29 August 1846.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000538832
037-000539208
040-000539291
041-003948724
042-003949903 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/5 : Secret Correspondence with India
IOR/L/PS/5/363-509 : Enclosures to Secret Letters from Bombay
IOR/L/PS/5/445 : 'ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY', Vol 83
IOR/L/PS/5/445, ff 205-274 : Aden Affairs
IOR/L/PS/5/445, f 247 : Plan of Ras Morbut and Entrance to Western Bay. Aden - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0005]/036-000538832[0013]/037-000539208[0083]/040-000539291[0015]/041-003948724[0002]/042-003949903
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- SubItem
- Extent:
- 1 map
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1846
- End Date:
- 1846
- Date Range:
- 29 Aug 1846
- Era:
- CE
- Scale:
- Approx. 1 cm to 100 yards
- Scale Designator:
- Horizontal
- Coordinates (Decimal):
- 44.967065,12.774833,44.991107,12.797635
- Coordinates (Degree):
- E 44°58’1”-E 44°59’28”/N 12°47’51”-N 12°46’29”
- Orientation:
- North
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
-
Materials: Black and red ink and watercolour on paper
Dimensions: c 400mm x c 325mm
- Material Type:
- Maps and Plans
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)