'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 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...
Imprint: 'Surveyed under the direction of Lieut.-Colonel F. B. Longe, R.E., Surveyor General of India.' 'Heliozincographed at the Survey of India Offices, Dehra Dun.' Distinctive features: Includes an index to places on the map in English and Arabic. Includes list of symbols and abbreviatio...
'ROUGH PLAN OF FORE SHORE OF BUSAITEEN IN MOHARRAK ISLAND'
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Imprint: 'Prepared in the Land Department Baharain [Bahrain]'. Distinctive features: Area that it was proposed should be acquired for the Bahrain Political Residency shown edged in red crayon (see IOR/R/15/2/154, folio 144). Locations mentioned in title usually referred to file as Bisaitin,...
Imprint: 'A.H.Q. Drawing Office. Hinaidi. [...] Drawn by D.S.L.'. Distinctive features: Includes reference section showing boundary pillar, spot heights, approximate form lines. Shows Royal Air Force (RAF) landing ground and property at Muharrak (see letter in IOR/R/15/2/154, folios 220-221)...
Plans of Houses Proposed to be Built for the Clerical and Menial Establishment of the Political Residency
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Floor plans in ink and pencil, as follows: bungalow proposed to be built at a rental of one hundred rupees per month (folio 101); bungalow proposed to be built at a rental of sixty rupees per month (folio 102); house proposed to be built at a rental of fifty rupees per month (folio 103); house p...
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...