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
Scope & Content:
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...
Photograph Taken on the Occasion of the Persian Gulf Spitfires Ceremony
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This photograph was taken on the occasion of the Persian Gulf Spitfires naming ceremony, which took place on 11 December 1944 at RAF Bradwell Bay, Essex. The ceremony was attended by Lady Honor Cowell Fowle (widow of Sir Trenchard Craven Fowle). Pictured in the photograph are several RAF officer...
Photograph Taken on the Occasion of the Persian Gulf Spitfires Ceremony
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This photograph was taken on the occasion of the Persian Gulf Spitfires naming ceremony, which took place on 11 December 1944 at RAF Bradwell Bay, Essex. The ceremony was attended by Lady Honor Cowell Fowle (widow of Sir Trenchard Craven Fowle). Pictured are Lady Honor, several RAF officers and ...
Photograph Taken on the Occasion of the Persian Gulf Spitfires Ceremony
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This photograph was taken on the occasion of the Persian Gulf Spitfires naming ceremony, which took place on 11 December 1944 at RAF Bradwell Bay, Essex. The ceremony was attended by Lady Honor Cowell Fowle (widow of Sir Trenchard Craven Fowle). Pictured in this photograph are Lady Honor, severa...
Photograph of Lady Louisa Belle Cox Visiting the Airfield of the Persian Gulf Fighter Fund Spitfires
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Photograph of Lady Louisa Belle Cox (widow of Sir Percy Cox) visiting the airfield where the spitfires purchased by the Persian Gulf fighter fund were being tested. The photograph shows a group of six people observing something out of shot (most probably the spitfires) from a spot in a field. In...
Photograph of Lady Louisa Belle Cox Visiting the Hangars of the Persian Gulf Fighter Fund Spitfires
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Photograph of Lady Louisa Belle Cox (widow of Sir Percy Cox) visiting the aircraft hangars where the spitfires purchased by the Persian Gulf fighter fund were being stored and tested. The photograph shows a group of five people walking across the entrance of an aircraft hangar. In the background...
