RAF sketch map of the Qatar Peninsula [‎146v] (2/2)

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RAF sketch map of the Qatar Peninsula

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/606, f 145

The record is made up of 1 map. It was created in 1935. 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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Imprint:

A.H.Q. [Air Headquarters] Drawing Office Iraq. Drawn by Aprim Bet-Benjamin, Nov. 1935.

Distinctive Features:

Relief shown by hachures Lines drawn on a map to indicate the direction and steepness of slope. .

Map showing the Qatar Peninsula and central part of the Eastern Province Saudi Arabia. Numerous notations concerning terrain features cover the face of the map with routes, the location of wells with good water, and sandy and marshy areas marked.

Includes a key to symbols and a list of sources used in compilation of the map.

Inscriptions:

On verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. is an annotation in black ink: ‘Received under Air Officer Commanding, British forces in Iraq’s letter No. S. 10843/2411 dated 19th November 1935; file 61/31. With initials and date ‘12/12/35’.

Extent and format

1 map

Area map covers

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Scale

Scale approximately 1:870,000

Scale designator

Horizontal

Orientation

North

Degree coordinates

Top-left: 26° 54' 19.8" N, 49° 43' 12.36" E
Top-right: 26° 54' 19.8" N, 53° 7' 35.04" E
Bottom-left: 22° 0' 20.52" N, 49° 43' 12.36" E
Bottom-right: 22° 0' 20.52" N, 53° 7' 35.04" E

Physical characteristics

Materials: Photographic print with additions in ink and crayon on tracing cloth

Dimensions: 592 x 357 mm, on sheet 670 x 431 mm

Written in

English in Latin script

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Reference: IOR/R/15/1/606, f 145
Title: RAF sketch map of the Qatar Peninsula
Pages: 146r:146v
Author: East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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RAF sketch map of the Qatar Peninsula [‎146v] (2/2)

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