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'Sketch map of Arabia'. With manuscript additions showing 'Friendly' and 'Hostile' Confederations [‎10r] (1/2)

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, 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.

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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
Physical characteristics

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

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

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English in Latin script
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'Sketch map of Arabia'. With manuscript additions showing 'Friendly' and 'Hostile' Confederations [‎10r] (1/2), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, Mss Eur F112/552, f 10, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100135715785.0x000014> [accessed 31 October 2024]

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