Map showing the second of two proposed concession areas which Petroleum Concessions Limited (PCL) hopes to acquire from the Shaikh of Bahrain, identified as 'leased area no. 2'. The leased area which the Company hopes to acquire is marked with red line and covers the Hawar Group of islands and...
Blueprint map of Bahrain showing the proposed area for an oil concession covering the shoal area of Bahrain. The proposed concession area is marked with a single red line and covers the territorial waters and islands to the North and East of Bahrain, excluding the Hawar Islands. Within the nort...
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...
This sketch map depicts Muscat-controlled Gwadur [Gwadar] and the surrounding area, with additional notes below. Marked in pencil are the routes of two roads leading from Gwadur to Pasni and Turbat respectively. Also depicted is the boundary between Gwadur and the state of Kalat. Scale not given.
‘Rough Sketch Showing Shuwaikh area to be reserved for K.O.C. use’
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Distinctive Features: Hand drawn sketch map enclosed with a copy of a letter no. 6810 dated 8th November 1936 showing plot of land in the Shuwaikh area intended for the Kuwait Oil Company landing operations. The extent of the land indicated in red line with motor tracks and the Jahra-Kuwait r...
Proposed area of Petroleum Concessions Limited's draft lease agreement
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Map to accompany the draft agreement for the 'leased area Bahrain' presented by Petroleum Concessions Limited to the Shaikh of Bahrain 21 December 1938. Enlarged in Land Department, Government of Bahrain. Blueprint, with outlines and places given in white ink. An area labelled 'reserved area'...
Proposed area of Petroleum Concessions Limited's draft lease agreement
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Map to accompany the draft agreement for the 'leased area Bahrain' presented by Petroleum Concessions Limited to the Shaikh of Bahrain 16 January 1939. Enlarged in Land Department, Government of Bahrain. Blueprint, with outlines and places given in white ink. The proposed area is marked on th...
Sketch map attached to a report by Bertram Thomas related to the slave trade dated 23 August 1929. Shows Yal Sa'ad country with settlements labelled and boundaries indicated by red dotted lines.