'Sketch map of Arabia'. With manuscript additions showing 'Friendly' and 'Hostile' Confederations

Mss Eur F112/552, f 10

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The record is made up of 1 map sheet. It was created in 1906-1916?. 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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Printed sheet bearing the series designation 'I[intelligence].D[ivision].W[ar].O[ffice]. No. 1835' and the imprint 'Corrections, July, 1905. Railways revised Sept. 1906.' Portrays hydrology, relief by hachures Lines drawn on a map to indicate the direction and steepness of slope. , railways, roads, submarine telegraphs, settlements, place names and international boundaries; includes an inset A small map or other image enclosed within the margin of a larger map, map sheet, or larger image; or papers placed inside a book or archival volume. (120 x 98mm) titled 'Map of Koweit and Surrounding Country' at scale 1:2,027,520. Manuscript additions portray 'Friendly Confederations' in red and 'Hostile Confederations' in blue (see also Mss Eur F112/552, ff 3-4, from which this terminology is taken).

Creation end date derived from date of Arab Revolt.

A colour version of this sheet, without manuscript additions, is filed at Maps MOD GSGS 1835.

Extent and format

1 map sheet

Area map covers

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Scale

Scale 1:7,500,000

Scale designator

Horizontal

Orientation

North

Degree coordinates

Top-left: 37° 52' 0.12" N, 31° 10' 0.12" E
Top-right: 37° 52' 0.12" N, 61° 0' 0" E
Bottom-left: 11° 52' 0.12" N, 31° 10' 0.12" E
Bottom-right: 11° 52' 0.12" N, 61° 0' 0" E

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Maps Relating to the First World War in the Former Ottoman Empire

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Ref: Mss Eur F112/552

Physical characteristics

Materials: Printed, with manuscript additions in coloured ink and watercolour

Dimensions: 385 x 384mm, on sheet 498 x 507mm

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Map

Archive information for this record

Original held at: 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.
Access conditions: Unrestricted
Archive reference: Mss Eur F112/552, f 10
Date(s): 1906-1916? (CE, Gregorian)

Places: Arabian PeninsulaKoweit
People & organisations: War Office

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Reference: Mss Eur F112/552, f 10
Title: 'Sketch map of Arabia'. With manuscript additions showing 'Friendly' and 'Hostile' Confederations
Pages: 10r:10v
Author: War Office
Usage terms: Open Government Licence

Reference: Mss Eur F112/552, f 10
Title: 'Sketch map of Arabia'. With manuscript additions showing 'Friendly' and 'Hostile' Confederations
Pages: 10r:10v
Author: War Office
Usage terms: Public Domain