Map of the B Plan (Map No. 9) for the partition of Palestine, as proposed by the Palestine Partition Commission, 1937, showing suggested boundaries of Galilee (Mandated Territory), Jewish State, Arab State, and Jerusalem Enclave (Mandated Territory) in Palestine, and including (inset) Southern P...
Distinctive Features: Relief shown by hachures. Roads indicated by pecked lines. Shows Qatar and Bahrain. The Southern border of Qatar is indicated by a thick pecked line. Enclosed is a letter on the question of the southern limit of the Qatar Oil Concession sent by L. Lefroy at Britannic Hou...
Layout of the proposed Bahrain Sport Club premises
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Pencil drawing showing the layout of the proposed new Bahrain Sports Club premises. The plan, which is indicated as not being drawn to scale, shows a rectilinear parcel of land, 150 feet by 210 feet in size, with two tennis courts, two badminton courts, and clubhouse with pavilion, billiards salo...
Map indicating frontiers of south-eastern Saudi Arabia
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The map accompanies a printed confidential memorandum entitled ‘The South-Eastern Frontiers of Saudi Arabia [with maps]’, produced by the Eastern Department of the Foreign Office, dated 30 June 1940. It shows the eastern half of the Arabian Peninsula, dominated by the ‘Ruba-Al-Khali’ [Rub’ al Kh...
Copy of a plan of the aerodrome at Sharjah, originally enclosed with a letter from the Political Residency to the Bahrain Political Agent, dated 7 May 1949 (f 104). Copy of a plan of the Royal Air Force (RAF) Station at Sharjah. Individual buildings and areas are identified and numbered within t...
The map is part of a booklet entitled ‘Leper Survey in the Arabian Peninsula’ by Doctor William Harold Storm, published January 1937 and reprinted from Leprosy Review, Vol. VIII, No.1. The map shows an outline of the Arabian Peninsula and indicates: mountainous regions; rivers; annotations for re...
Copy of a plan of the aerodrome at Sharjah, originally enclosed with a letter from the Political Residency to the Bahrain Political Agent, dated 7 May 1949 (f 104). The map has been traced or reproduced from the map of the RAF station at folio 3, although this map is entitled ‘Sharjah’ instead o...
The map shows the municipal boundary and wards of the Quetta Civil Station. The map was part of The Quetta Municipal Law, 1946. It shows roads and railways, with names where applicable, and some sites and features of note, such as race course, jail, Residency, and wooded areas. The map was printe...