Sketch map depicting the Qatar Peninsula and Bahrain Island. The map indicates boundaries, hydrology, roads and settlements, and also provides some indication of relief. A note states that the map is based on a War Office map of Asia (scale: 1:1,000,000), 'with adjustments controlled by travers...
ROUGH SKETCH MAP SHOWING APPROXIMATE AREA OF MORRAH TRIBAL "DIRA" FROM BADUIN SOURCES
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Sketch map depicting the Al Morrah tribal dira [tribal area] and other tribal areas in the south-eastern part of the Arabian Peninsula. The map also features lines drawn in blue ink, pencil and crayon, which mark prospective boundaries for eastern and south-eastern Saudi Arabia. The blue line ...
ARABIA. Route Traverse across the RUB' AL KHALI from DHUFAR TO DOHA by BERTRAM THOMAS 1930-31
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Map published by the Royal Geographical Society. From the Geographical Journal, September 1931. The map depicts Bertram Thomas's 1930-31 route, and earlier routes, in red. The map indicates settlements, hydrology, and also provides some indication of relief. Also included is a table of referenc...
Sketch Map of the Eastern Part of the Arabian Peninsula
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This map depicts the eastern part of the Arabian Peninsula. It shows prospective lines for the eastern boundary of Saudi Arabia in crayon and pencil. The line drawn in blue crayon represents the 'blue line' (the frontier which marked the Ottoman Government's renunciation of its claims to Bahrain ...
Sketch Map of the Eastern Part of the Arabian Peninsula
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This map depicts the eastern part of the Arabian Peninsula. Marked on the map are eight lines drawn in crayon, which are referenced in a corresponding key. The lines represent lines that have been or are being considered as boundary lines for eastern Saudi Arabia. These include a red line repres...
Map depicting the Ruba'-al-Khali and the surrounding region. The map indicates settlements, hydrology, and boundaries and provides some indication of relief. The map features additional lines marked in coloured ink, crayon, and pencil, which represent possible boundary lines for eastern and sout...
This map, printed by the War Office in June 1914, depicts the Arabian Peninsula, with the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf on either side. The map indicates settlements, hydrology, and boundaries, and provides some indication of relief. The map features printed territorial lines, which are describe...
Rough sketch map depicting the south-western part of the Qatar Peninsula. The map, which is a rough illustration and is not to scale, estimates the approximate location of Jabal Dukhan [Jabal Dukhān, Qatar], Jabal Naksh [Khashm an Nakhsh, Qatar], Al 'Araiq [Al ‘Urayq, Qatar], Al Mashabiyah [Al Ma...
Coll 6/67(5) 'Boundaries of South Eastern Arabia and Qatar (Khor al Odeid)'
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This volume primarily concerns British policy regarding the eastern and south-eastern boundaries of Saudi Arabia, specifically those bordering Qatar, Abu Dhabi and Muscat (i.e. the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman). Much of the correspondence relates to British concerns that oil companies operating ...
Sketch Map of the Eastern Part of the Arabian Peninsula
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Sketch map depicting the eastern part of the Arabian Peninsula. The map includes various lines, which have been drawn in crayon and described in a corresponding key. These include the 'blue line' (laid down in the non-ratified Anglo-Ottoman Convention of 1913 and redefined and adopted in the Angl...