Black and white reproduction of a map of Makalla [Al-Mukallā], Yemen. Text below the map scale states that it was enlarged from an Admiralty map, and produced at Steamer Point, Aden, on 20 July 1902. The original map was signed E M Little, 2nd Lieutenant of the R.G.A. [Royal Garrison Artillery]....
Black and white reproduction of a map of Ash-Shehr [Ash Shihr], Yemen. The map is signed E M Little, 2nd Lieutenant of the Royal Garrison Artillery, and was drawn on 20 July 1902, at Steamer Point, Aden. The map shows the extent of the town’s walls, indicating its gates, and significant building...
‘Compass sketch With Cavalry Sketching case from camp at Wadi Haban up the old Himiaritic road to Jabal Harir and return by footpath from Al Masna’s’
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Reproduction of a map in black ink showing the landscape between Wadi Haban [Wādī Ḩabbān] and Jabal Harir [Jabal Ḩarīr], Yemen. The map is signed by Major Crawford, Royal Artillery, and dated 17-20 December 1903. It indicates an ascent of approximately 2,000 feet, and is marked with form lines (...
‘Sketch of route to Jabal Al Huria from Al Kasha.’
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Reproduction of a map in black ink indicating the route to Jabal Al Huria [Jabal Ḩūrīyah] from Al Kasha [Al Qash‘ah]. The map indicates: the contours of the landscape; villages; rivers and other water sources; and a dotted line indicating the route. Lettered annotations (A-E) indicate villages i...
‘Sketch map to illustrate approximate positions of districts in the vicinity of N.E. line from Lakmat As Shub.’
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Reproduction of a map showing districts north east of the village Lakmat as Shub [Lakmat al Ash‘ūb]. Each district is defined by a dotted line, with the district name written in capitals. Villages and towns are also marked on the map, as are notable topographic features, such as wadis, streams, ...
‘Route down the Tiban River from Karad to Majar (3 miles N. of Musemir.)’
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Reproduction of a black ink map showing the route taken by the Boundary Commission along the Tiban river valley [Wādī Tiban] from Karad, in a southerly direction, to Al Majar. The map features the topographical features in the immediate vicinity of the wadi only, including: lines indicating the ...
Reproduction of a map showing the route through the Khureba [Al Khuraybah] Pass, signed by Major A Crawford of the Royal Artillery, and dated 18 August 1903. A dashed line marks the route, with various features indicated and annotated along the route: valley sides, paved roads, walls, springs an...
‘Road sketch from Khalla (Muflahai tribe) through Awabil (Shaibi tribe) to the upper plateau of the Rubaitein Tribe’
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Reproduction of a black and white map, with illustrations, which is subtitled ‘Executed during movements of the Shaibi column between 31 August and 20 September 1903.’ The map shows the route taken by the Shaibi column through the tribal areas of the Muflahai [Maflaḩī], Shaibi [Shaybī] and Rube’...
Map of the Aden Protectorate, with the terrain of the region printed in brown, and other cartographic details overprinted in black, including: metalled roads; paths; trigonometric points with heights marked in feet; wells; passes; rivers; hills; streams; fortified houses; shallow wells; villages.
