‘Sketch illustrating S.E. frontier of Saudi Arabia’ [‎169r] (1/2)

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‘Sketch illustrating S.E. frontier of Saudi Arabia’

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Ref: IOR/R/15/2/465, f 169

The record is made up of 1 facsimile sketch map. It was created in 1948. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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The map is a facsimile of a sketch map showing the eastern half of the Arabian peninsula, and indicating: with a solid line, the boundary claimed by Saudi Arabia; in a short-dashed black line, the Ottoman (Turkish) boundary (1913-14); and in a long-dashed line, the boundary offered by the British Government to the Saudi Arabia Government in 1937. The map is referred to by a confidential memorandum contained in the volume entitled ‘The South-Eastern Frontier of Saudi Arabia’, and dated 2 February 1948 (ff 164-168).

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1 facsimile sketch map

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Orientation

North

Degree coordinates

Top-left: 25° 45' 0" N, 43° 53' 60" E
Top-right: 25° 45' 0" N, 60° 34' 48" E
Bottom-left: 15° 17' 24" N, 43° 53' 60" E
Bottom-right: 15° 17' 24" N, 60° 34' 48" E

Physical characteristics

Materials : Paper

Dimensions: 210 x 325 mm

Foliation : The map has two folio numbers in its top left corner. Circled number 169 should be used for referencing purposes. The other folio number has been crossed out and should be disregarded.

Binding: The map is bound into the volume, along its bottom edge.

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English in Latin script

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Reference: IOR/R/15/2/465, f 169
Title: ‘Sketch illustrating S.E. frontier of Saudi Arabia’
Pages: 169r:169v
Author: East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
Usage terms: Open Government Licence

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