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'OILFIELDS & CONCESSION AREAS IN THE MIDDLE EASTERN COUNTRIES TOGETHER WITH NEIGHBOURING OILFIELDS IN THE U.S.S.R.' [‎248v] (2/2)

The record is made up of 1 Map Sheet.. It was created in Mar 1945. 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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Map produced by the Research Department of the Foreign Office to accompany the document 'A Survey of the oil resources in the Middle East' , showing all the known oilfields and concession areas of the Middle East along with neighbouring oilfields in Persia, Afghanistan and the USSR.

The oilfields and concession areas are coloured in with those in Iraq, Qatar, Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , Oman and Aden coloured orange; those in Saudi Arabia and Bahrain coloured green; Kuwait coloured purple; and Persia coloured pink. There are also two areas of Egypt which have been marked with striped coloured lines, the area west of the Suez marked with red stripes, and and area east of the suez marked with purple stripes.

There are also two coloured lines marked on the map, running primarily through Saudi Arabia. The 'violet' line marks the boundary of Ottoman territory and the 'Blue' line the boundary of Sanjaq of Najd. These lines are both marked according to the Anglo-Turkish Convention of 1913, which was unratified.

A key is located in the bottom right hand corner of the map and includes symbols for producing oilfields, proven oilfields, projected pipelines, existing refineries, and refineries under construction.

Extent and format
1 Map Sheet.
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Scale
1:600
Scale designator
Horizontal
Orientation
North
Degree coordinates
Top-left: 47° 49' 48" N, 25° 45' 36" E
Top-right: 47° 49' 48" N, 71° 45' 0" E
Bottom-left: 10° 5' 24" N, 25° 45' 36" E
Bottom-right: 10° 5' 24" N, 71° 45' 0" E
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Foliation: A pencil number enclosed in a circle is located in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of the folio. Two previous foliation numbers have been crossed through

Materials: Parchment sheet

Dimensions: 330mm x 290mm

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English in Latin script
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'OILFIELDS & CONCESSION AREAS IN THE MIDDLE EASTERN COUNTRIES TOGETHER WITH NEIGHBOURING OILFIELDS IN THE U.S.S.R.' [‎248v] (2/2), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/700, f 248, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100086676321.0x000066> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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