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Coll 6/62 'Saudi-Arabia: National and provincial boundaries of –' [‎22r] (43/121)

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The record is made up of 1 file (59 folios). It was created in Sep 1916-14 Dec 1934. 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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confidential official use. We do not, novever, want
to nold up matters muck longer, as tke original request
for the map was made last November, and in tkese
circumstances there may be some advantage in making a
few copies by hand without further delay.
3. The next point is tne question of the map to
be used. The 1:4,000,000 map wuich was originally
produced in order tnat the boundaries might be marked
on it, seems bo me to be on much too small a scale to
be of much practical use, quite apart from the fact that
it leaves out the whole of the Eastern end of Arabia.
I should have thought myself that it would have been
much better, if we are to have a single map of the whole
of Arabia, to use Captain F, F. hunter^ Survey of India
Map of 1908 (corrected to 1914 - or later, if there is a
later edition) on the scale of one inch to 32 miles,
of which, as you know, I nave a copy hanging up in my
room. I am inclined to think that this map is more
accurate than the small 1:4,000,000 map of Western
Arabia, and it should be much easier accurately to show
the/

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This file concerns a request, made by the Army Headquarters, India, to the British Embassy at Baghdad, for a map of Arabia showing the national and provincial boundaries of Saudi Arabia. The correspondence discusses the difficulties associated with marking out the various boundaries, owing to the fact that many of them are 'the subject of actual or potential controversy'. Also discussed are recommended revisions to the boundaries of Arabia, as shown on a National Geographic Society map of Asia (map not included).

Notable correspondents include the following: His Majesty's Minister at Jedda (Sir Andrew Ryan); officials of the Foreign Office, the 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. , the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. , the British Embassy in Baghdad, and the British Library of Information in New York.

In addition to correspondence the file includes the following:

Whilst the date range of the file is 1916-1934, only two items (including the aforementioned memorandum) date from earlier than 1934.

The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence (folio 2).

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1 file (59 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 60; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

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