‘Sketch map showing approximate layout of SHARJAH & DIBAI.’
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This blueprint sketch map shows the approximate layout of Sharjah and Dibai [Dubai]. It depicts the British Residency Agency at Sharjah, Sharjah Fort, including the Royal Air Force bomb store, DF [Direction Finding] masts and the Sharjah landing ground. It also shows the Imperial Airways alighti...
This blueprint sketch map shows the Qatar Peninsular, including: the oil wells area on the Western coast (where the camp of Petroleum Development (Qatar) Limited was located); the track leading from there to Doha; the landing ground at Doha; the boundary between Qatar and Saudi Arabia; the Salwa...
The map shows the reservation for the crude oil pipeline (marked in red) of the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO), beginning at a point in the high tide north of the village of Jasra, and terminating at the boundary of the company's reservation GR/1A. A legend indicates roads, gardens (approxima...
EAST COAST OF ARABIA SHOWING SAUDI ARABIA - BAHREIN PIPE LINE
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Map showing the east coast of Saudi Arabia, Bahrein [Bahrain] Island, Fasht ad Dibal [Fasht ad Dībal] and the Persian Gulf across to the west coast of Qatar. The proposed route of the pipeline, from Ras Tanurah [Ra’s Tannūrah] to the Bahrein Refinery through Edh Dhahran [Aẓ-Ẓahrān] and Al Khoba...
EAST COAST OF ARABIA SHOWING SAUDI ARABIA - BAHREIN PIPE LINE
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Map showing the east coast of Saudi Arabia, Bahrein [Bahrain] Island, Fasht ad Dibal [Fasht ad Dībal] and the Persian Gulf across to the west coast of Qatar. The proposed route of the pipeline, from Ras Tanurah [Ra’s Tannūrah] to the Bahrein Refinery through Edh Dhahran [Aẓ-Ẓahrān] and Al Khoba...
Map produced by the Research Department of the Foreign Office (see compliments slip from Map Section, Research Department, on folio 16). A key in the lower left-hand corner of the map lists the various concessions awarded to oil companies in the region, colour-coded with the concession areas sh...
'OILFIELDS & CONCESSION AREAS IN THE MIDDLE EASTERN COUNTRIES TOGETHER WITH NEIGHBOURING OILFIELDS IN THE U.S.S.R.'
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Map produced by the Research Department of the Foreign Office to accompany the document 'A Survey of the Oil Resources in the Middle East', dated 28 February 1945 (folios 18-30), showing all the known oilfields and concession areas of the Middle East along with neighbouring oilfields in Persia, ...
ARABIA RUB' AL KHALI by H. St J. B. PHILBY. C.I.E. 1932
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The map shows part of the Arabian Peninsula occupied by the Rub al Khali desert. The map also indicates hydrology and settlements, with brief descriptions of topography and vegetation, and provides some indication of relief. A short note to the left of the map describes the map compilation method...
The map shows Transjordan [Jordan], and all or parts of neighbouring countries including Palestine, Syria, Iraq, and Egypt. International frontiers, and railways, roads and tracks in Transjordan are indicated. The map was created by the Research Department of the Foreign Office, and it and it ...
The map shows Syria, Lebannon, and the parts of the neighbouring countries of Palestine, Transjordan, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and Turkey. It indicates hydrology, international frontiers, standard gauge railways, narrow gauge railways, all weather roads, dry roads, and pipelines. The map was create...