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PERSIAN GULF - WORLD WAR II MILITARY MAPS Hofuf; Bandar 'Abbas, a pair of military maps of the Persian Gulf, from the desert beyond Hofuf towards Riyadh in the West, to Bent and Fanouj in Eastern Iran, and Kerman Province, Iran in the North to the Qatar/Saudi Arabian border in the South, "Reprinted by 17 Map Reproduction Section, R.E., Sept. 1944" (2) image 1
PERSIAN GULF - WORLD WAR II MILITARY MAPS Hofuf; Bandar 'Abbas, a pair of military maps of the Persian Gulf, from the desert beyond Hofuf towards Riyadh in the West, to Bent and Fanouj in Eastern Iran, and Kerman Province, Iran in the North to the Qatar/Saudi Arabian border in the South, "Reprinted by 17 Map Reproduction Section, R.E., Sept. 1944" (2) image 2
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PERSIAN GULF - WORLD WAR II MILITARY MAPS
Hofuf; Bandar 'Abbas, a pair of military maps of the Persian Gulf, from the desert beyond Hofuf towards Riyadh in the West, to Bent and Fanouj in Eastern Iran, and Kerman Province, Iran in the North to the Qatar/Saudi Arabian border in the South, "Reprinted by 17 Map Reproduction Section, R.E., Sept. 1944" (2)

14 September 2021, 13:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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PERSIAN GULF - WORLD WAR II MILITARY MAPS

Hofuf; Bandar 'Abbas, a pair of military maps of the Persian Gulf, from the desert beyond Hofuf towards Riyadh in the West, to Bent and Fanouj in Eastern Iran, and Kerman Province, Iran in the North to the Qatar/Saudi Arabian border in the South, colour printed, each captioned "Restricted", with references to terrain, oil wells and pipelines, transport network, an Arabic glossary (also Farsi glossary on Bandar 'Abbas map), and (in red) "Reference to Air Information as Supplied by H.Q. R.A.F... 1944", the Bandar 'Abbas map with "Flight Line Overprint", light fold creases, sheet size 645 x 815mm., "Reprinted by 17 Map Reproduction Section, R.E., Sept. 1944" (2)

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Scarce World War II military maps of the Persian Gulf, both marked "Restricted", overprinted with Royal Air Force information on functional and abandoned airfields, landing grounds, etc., and flight lines, in addition to detailed information on local terrains, cities, tribal names, oil wells and pipelines, etc.

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