'File 35/1 Aerial Photographic Survey of the Bahrain Islands (g. of I.)'
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- 'File 35/1 Aerial Photographic Survey of the Bahrain Islands (g. of I.)'
- Date:
- 1936/1937
- Description:
- Abstract: The file contains correspondence regarding producing an up to date map of the Bahrain Islands. The correspondence discusses easing the job of Lieutenant D W Price, the Survey Officer who will be sent by the Royal Air Force (RAF) to carry out an aerial survey. The Standard Oil Company of California and the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO) are asked to share their data especially fixes and heights with the Survey Officer.The correspondence is mainly between Air Headquarters of British Forces in Iraq, Lieutenant Colonel Percy Gordon Loch, Political Agent in Bahrain, Lieutenant Colonel Trenchard Craven William Fowle, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, and G W R Smith the Chief Local Representative of the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 22; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 4-18; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Surveying
Aerial photography - Rights:
- غير معروف
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000282.0x0001fb_ar
81055/vdc_100000000282.0x0001fb_en
IOR/R/15/2/1772
IOR/R/15/2/1772