Imprint: Harrison & Sons Lith. St. Martins Lane, W.C. Distinctive Features: Map issued as an Annex no. 5A to Anglo-Ottoman Convention of 29 July 1913 with roads and overland and submarine telegraph lines shown. Blue line runs from Jazirat az Zakhnūnīyah to the centre of Rub' al Khali. Co...
Newspaper cutting from an unknown paper with date ‘Tues May 17th 1913’ inserted in black ink at top of the page. Distinctive Features: Relief shown by hachures. Map of the Persian Gulf region issued with an article ‘British Interest in the Gulf’ to illustrate the Baghdad Railway with propo...
Imprint: ‘Batliboi Litho Works, Bombay 8’. Distinctive Features: Pearl banks indicated by Arabic numerals, the names of topographic features including settlements, islands and pearl beds inserted in Arabic. In the lower right-hand corner of the sheet a descriptive note from the author, this...
Map of the Persian Gulf, indicating area covered by the Bahrain oil concession
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Distinctive Features: A map of the northern parts of the Persian Gulf, attached to the Bahrain oil concession agreement, with the Bahrain Islands coloured red, indicating the area covered by the concession agreement. The map also shows Kuwait’s territory, the Kuwait neutral zone, and the provin...
‘Map showing (A) Air Routes, established and projected; (B) Islands in the Persian Gulf; (C) Boundaries of Kuwait and Trucial Area. Map II'
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Imprint: Printed at the War Office, October 1928. Geographical Section. General Staff. No. 3869. Distinctive Features: Relief shown by gradient tints and spot heights. Classified "Secret". Shows various air routes with established aerodromes, proposed refuelling and emergency stations. I...
‘REDUCED COPY OF CHART OF THE GULF OF PERSIA. Constructed from the Trigonometrical Surveys. Made by Order of THE HONBLE THE COURT OF DIRECTORS OF THE UNITED ENGLISH EAST INDIA COMPANY and to whom it is Respectfully Dedicated by their most obedient Servant GEORGE BARNES BRUCKS Commander H.C. Marine. 1830’
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Imprint: Litho.d in the Chief Eng.r’s Office by F. de Jesus and H. Essentjee, Bombay, 26th Jan.ry 1856. (Signed) J.S. Gell, Captain for Lieutt. Coll. Adams, Depy. Qr. Mr. General. Distinctive Features: Relief shown by hachures. Nautical chart with detail soundings recorded in fathoms. Hazar...
Imprint: Harrison & Sons Lith. St. Martins Lane, W.C. Distinctive Features: Map issued as an Annex no. 5A to Anglo-Ottoman Convention of 29 July 1913 with roads and overland and submarine telegraph lines shown. Blue line runs from Jazirat az Zakhnūnīyah to the centre of Rub' al Khali.Cont...
The volume contains monthly Royal Air Force (RAF) intelligence summaries from Air Headquarters, British Forces in Iraq, Hinaidi, Iraq, for the period between January and June 1935. Each report is divided into sections that relate to a particular country of the region, as follows: Iraq, Turkey, ...
