British map charting the progress of the Hejaz Railway

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Sketch Map of Arabia.

[WAR OFFICE]
[London],
[Intelligence Division, War Office] Geographical Section,
1906
Colour printed lithographed map.
490 by 475mm (19.25 by 18.75 inches).
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Produced by the War Office, Intelligence Division in 1906, the present map depicts the Arabian Peninsula at the beginning of the twentieth century, with an inset map of 'Koweit and Surrounding Country'. During this period, the Ottoman Empire maintained control over most of the peninsula, which was a mosaic of tribal rulers subject to Ottoman suzerainty. Throughout the nineteenth century, the Al Saud strove to regain the control that they had briefly held at the beginning of...

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Annotations, adding place-names, in black ink.