Aerial photograph mosaic of the Hawar Group of Islands. The mosaic was compiled by RAF Shaibah using aerial photogrammetry, a technique which uses photographs to survey an area of the Earth's surface. The technique uses an overlapping series of photographs taken from an aircraft following a se...
'JABAL-I-MEHDI AREA. Kalat State and Masqat Territory.
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Plan showing Area 42.1 square miles over which a prospecting licence is applied for the by the Burmah Oil Company Limited. The map shows the Gwadur's location on the Persian Gulf coastline and the area inland which the company desire a prospecting licence for. Also marked on the map is the appr...
'JABAL-I-MEHDI AREA. Kalat State and Masqat Territory.
Scope & Content:
Plan showing Area 42.1 square miles over which a prospecting licence is applied for the by the Burmah Oil Company Limited. The map shows the Gwadur's location on the Persian Gulf coastline and the area inland which the company desires a prospecting licence for. Also marked on the map is the app...
EAST COAST OF ARABIA SHOWING SAUDI ARABIA-BAHRAIN 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 to the Bahrein Refinery through Edh Dhahran [Aẓ-Ẓahrān] and Al Khobar is marked with...
Map showing the area of Bahrain that the crude oil pipe line was proposed to traverse. The pipeline runs from the west coast of Bahrain between Kuraiya [Al Qurayyah] and Jasra [Al Jasrah] to the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO)'s refinery on the west coast near Nuwaidrat [An Nuwaydirāt]. The pi...
Map showing the area of Bahrain that the crude oil pipe line was proposed to traverse. The pipeline runs from the west coast of Bahrain between Kuraiya [Al Qurayyah] and Jasra [Al Jasrah] to the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO)'s refinery on the west coast near Nuwaidrat [An Nuwaydirāt]. The ...
'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', showing all the known oilfields and concession areas of the Middle East along with neighbouring oilfields in Persia, Afghanistan and the USSR. The oilfield...
ROUGH SKETCH MAP SHOWING APPROXIMATE AREA OF MORRAH TRIBAL "DIRA" FROM BADUIN SOURCES
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The map shows 'Al Morrah' and other tribal areas and a few physical features in the south-eastern part of the Arabian Peninsula. The route followed by Bertram Sydney Thomas is also shown. A 'dira' is a tribal area. The word Baduin in the title is equivalent to Bedouin. The sketch map is describ...
Tracing of parts of Admiralty chart 2837.B. showing tracks and positions in the course of an aerial reconnaissance of the Qatar Peninsula on 11 October 1935 by Squadron Leader J H Dand, Air Headquarters, British Forces in Iraq, Hinaidi. There is a report on the reconnaissance at IOR/R/15/2/159, ...
ARABIA. Route Traverse Across the RUB' AL KHALI from DHUFAR TO DOHA by BERTRAM THOMAS 1930-31
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Map published by the Royal Geographical Society. From the Geographical Journal, September 1931. Shows Bertram Thomas's 1930-31 route, and earlier routes, in red. The map accompanies a telegram from the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, London to the Political Agent, Bahrain, dated 18 Nov...