Map indicating boundary lines between Saudi Arabia and Qatar
IOR/R/15/2/465, f 179
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The record is made up of 1 map. It was created in 1940. 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 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 southern half of the Qatar Peninsula and the adjoining mainland, and indicates numerous frontier lines: the blue line of the Anglo-Turkish convention (1913); Ibn Saud’s ‘Ojair Line’ (1922); Sir Percy Cox’s ‘Counter-Ojair Line’ (1922); an approximate frontier claimed by Ibn Saud in April 1935; the boundaries offered to Ibn Saud in April and June 1935; the frontier of Qatar, as set out by the British Government in 1935; the boundary area of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company’s concession in Qatar (1935); the frontier offered by Sir Andrew Ryan to Ibn Saud in November 1935 (the ‘Riyadh Line’); the adjustment to the ‘Riyadh Line’ made in February 1937.
The frontiers key and the coloured frontier lines on the map are marked in pencil with capital letters (A through to M), presumably in anticipation of the map being reproduced in black and white, and in order to preserve its readability.
- Extent and format
- 1 map
- Area map covers
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- Scale
- 1 cm:5 miles
- Scale designator
- Horizontal
- Orientation
- North
- Degree coordinates
- Top-left: 25° 34' 35.04" N, 49° 57' 12.6" E
Top-right: 25° 34' 35.04" N, 52° 3' 48.6" E
Bottom-left: 22° 59' 29.4" N, 49° 57' 12.6" E
Bottom-right: 22° 59' 29.4" N, 52° 3' 48.6" E - It is part of
- 430 imagesRef: IOR/R/15/2/465
- Physical characteristics
Materials: 1 paper folio.
Dimensions: 430 x 330 mm.
Foliation: The map has two folio numbers in its top right corner, and two top centre. The circled numbers (179) should be used for referencing purposes. All other folio numbers should be disregarded.
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- English in Latin script
- Type
- Map
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- 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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- IOR/R/15/2/465, f 179
- Date(s)
- 1940 (CE, Gregorian)
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Map indicating boundary lines between Saudi Arabia and Qatar, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/2/465, f 179, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100028545818.0x000002> [accessed 13 August 2026]
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- IOR/R/15/2/465, f 179
- Title
- Map indicating boundary lines between Saudi Arabia and Qatar
- Pages
- 179r:179v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence