London: War Office, 1957..
"Restricted" pilot's map:
2 adjoining sheets colour printed on two sides on fabric (cloth / rayon / silk) 73 x 64 cm.
Scale 1:1,000,000.
Includes references, and glossaries in Arabic and Iranian.
Reproduced by Ordnance Survey in 1945 as GSGS 2555 from MDR I/12054 1944; converted to GSGS No. Misc 350 by War Office 1955. Printed for D Survey (WO and AM) by Balding and Mansell Ltd, 1957.
HOFUF SIDE: Eastern Saudi Arabia from Ras es Safaniya in the north (including key petroleum locations Dhahran, Al Khobar, Jubail, El Qatif etc); Bahrein Island; Qatar; the Trucial Oman coastline up to Salali Island; the Persian Gulf; and the Iranian coast from Kuh-i-Darang in the west, along the Shibkuh Coast to Gurzeh in the east.
BANDAR ABBAS SIDE: continuation of the Trucial ("Independent") Oman coast up to Al-Qasbiyat, including Abu Dhabi, Dubai (Dibai), Sharjah, Ajman, Umm al-Qaiwain; Ras al-Khaima; As-Sohar etc.
CONDITION: Good. Some tears to bottom which do no affect the map itself. Some discolouration. Creasing remains pronounced. Some fraying to edges. Overall good.
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