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671. IOR/W/L/PS/18/B381 (v)-(vi)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/W/L/PS/18/B381 (v)-(vi)
Title:
'MAP OF THE SHATT-AL-'ARAB & BAHMANSHĪR, INCLUDING MUHAMMAREH & 'ABBÁDÁN'
Scope & Content:
The map represents the Shatt-al-Arab, Muhammerah [Khorramshahr, Iran], and Abadan. The map records settlements, main buildings, hydrology, roads and telephone lines. Printed in two sheets by the War Office and signed by the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Edward Grey) and the Grand Vizi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jul 1912
Extent:
1 map (2 sheets)

672. IOR/W/L/PS/12/2140 (ii)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/W/L/PS/12/2140 (ii)
Title:
Map of the South-Eastern Part of the Arabian Peninsula
Scope & Content:
Map depicting the south-eastern part of the Arabian Peninsula. Several lines have been drawn on the map by hand to show the existing or proposed boundaries of south-eastern Arabia, Qatar and Abu Dhabi. Published by the Geographical Section, General Staff.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 20th century
Extent:
1 map

673. IOR/W/L/PS/10/60 (ii)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/W/L/PS/10/60 (ii)
Title:
Annexe Numéro 5A. SKETCH MAP OF THE PERSIAN GULF AND ARABIAN COAST
Scope & Content:
The map shows part of the Persian Gulf and part of the Arabian coast. The map also indicates settlements, with brief descriptions of topography and vegetation. A short note beneath the title gives the scale of the map at 1 inch to 60 miles. A reference note gives the key to the route of the Indo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1913
Extent:
1 map

674. IOR/L/PS/10/291/2, f 260

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/291/2, f 260
Title:
‘Sketch map showing Turco-Persian Frontier as occupied by Persia west and south of Hawizeh’
Scope & Content:
Map labelled ‘Map No.1’ and produced in July 1912 by the War Office. A reprinted and updated version of a slightly earlier map included in the same volume (IOR/L/PS/10/291/1, f 39), it is a description of the region lying across the Turco-Persian (present-day Iraq and Iran) border, north of Basr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jul 1912
Extent:
1 map

675. IOR/L/PS/10/410/1, f 286

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/410/1, f 286
Title:
‘MAP SHOWING PETROLIFEROUS AREAS VISITED BY ADMIRALTY OIL COMMISSION 1913 SCALE 90 MILES = 1 INCH’
Scope & Content:
The first of two topographical maps that accompany the Final Report of the Admiralty Oil Commission on the Persian oilfields, which was published as Command Paper Cd. 7419 in 1914 and entitled ‘Agreement with the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, Limited ‘ (folios 32-50, 179-197, 282-287). The map bears...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1914
Extent:
1 map

676. IOR/L/PS/12/2022, f 172

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2022, f 172
Title:
‘SHAN STATES AIR ROUTE: Scale 1 Inch = 137 Miles’
Scope & Content:
A map accompanying a report by Frederick Tymms, Director of Civil Aviation in India, on his reconnaissance flight of 25-26 April 1937: see folios 165-171. The purpose of the flight was to explore the possibility of establishing a direct air route between Burma and Hong Kong via French Indo-China...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1937
Extent:
1 map

677. IOR/L/PS/12/2022, f 173

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2022, f 173
Title:
‘SHAN STATES AIR ROUTE: Scale 1 Inch = 32 Miles’
Scope & Content:
A map accompanying a report by Frederick Tymms, Director of Civil Aviation in India, on his reconnaissance flight of 25-26 April 1937: see folios 165-171. The purpose of the flight was to explore the possibility of establishing a direct air route between Burma and Hong Kong via French Indo-China...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1937
Extent:
1 map

678. IOR/L/PS/12/2892, f 532

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2892, f 532
Title:
'Sketch Map of the Mouth of the Shatt-El-Arab'
Scope & Content:
The map shows the mouth of the Shatt-El-Arab [Shatt al-Arab] river on the Persian Gulf, the tip of the Fao [Al-Faw] Peninsula in Iraq (with the Turkish Fort indicated), Iranian territory on the opposite side of the Shatt-El-Arab, the hard Bank of Abadan, and the soft mud Bank of Abdalla. Sound...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Aug 1905
Extent:
1 map

679. IOR/L/PS/12/3924, f 365

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3924, f 365
Title:
Map Showing the Boundary of an Area outside Kuwait Territorial Waters
Scope & Content:
Part of chart 2837B used to indicate an area outside the limit of Kuwait territorial waters (by means of a red line drawn on the map). Scale 1 inch = 27 miles. Correspondence from the Kuwait Oil Company to the India Office, dated July 1939, including a copy of a letter from Frank Holmes, the L...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1939
Extent:
1 map

680. IOR/L/PS/12/3924, f 366

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3924, f 366
Title:
Map Showing the Boundary of an Area outside Kuwait Territorial Waters
Scope & Content:
Part of chart 2837B used to indicate an area outside the limit of Kuwait territorial waters (by means of a red line drawn on the map). Scale 1 inch = 27 miles. Correspondence from the Kuwait Oil Company to the India Office, dated July 1939, including a copy of a letter from Frank Holmes, the L...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1939
Extent:
1 map