Distinctive Features: Hand drawn sketch map showing Dawḩat Salwá and area west of Salwa, attached to a letter No. C/38-1.a/38 dated 25 January 1936, to illustrate a dispute concerning Saudi-Qatar boundary.
Imprint: Copied by Mohommad Hashim H.E. the High Commissioner’s Office. Reproduced by Survey Directorate Baghdad, No.811, Dated 3-6-21. Distinctive Features: Relief shown by contours and spot heights. Upper margin: 'Map attached to appendix III of H.E. the High Commissioiner’s dispatch No. C...
Map of slave routes between Baluchistan and Trucial States
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Sketch map attached to a report related to the slave trade by Bertram Thomas dated 23 August 1929. Shows sea and land routes of the Mekran Traffic with ports labelled; routes are depicted in detail on pages 4-5 of the report (folios 247-248).
'MAP SHOWING SELECTION BY THE BAHREIN PETROLEUM COMPANY LIMITED UNDER CONCESSION DATED DECEMBER 2ND 1925'
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The second schedule to the lease dated 29 December 1934 made between the Sheikh of Bahrein and the Bahrain Petroleum Company showing the area selected by the Bahrain Petroleum Company under their concession agreement with the Government of Bahrain signed 2 December 1925. The map includes a parag...
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 ...
Sketch map showing area north of Qasr es Salwa, Qatar
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Distinctive Features: Relief shown by hachures. Tracing of a rough sketch map based on observations made on 4th March 1937, showing area north of Qasr es Salwa in Qatar with landmarks lettered for reference. Includes corresponding elevation profile in the lower portion of sheet. Signed and ...
'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: A.H.Q. [Air Headquarters] Drawing Office Iraq. Drawn by Aprim Bet-Benjamin, Nov. 1935. Distinctive Features: Relief shown by hachures. Map showing the Qatar Peninsula and central part of the Eastern Province Saudi Arabia. Numerous notations concerning terrain features cover the fa...