Middle East.- Persian Gulf.- Saudi Aramco (publisher) Jazirat al-'Arab wa-al-manatiq al-mutakhimah la-ha: kharitah tamhidiyah [The Arabian Peninsula and neighbouring regions: an introductory map], large wall map with detailed inset map of the Arabian peninsula with Arabic text, and two further hemispheres in the upper right, with Arabic title lower left, offset-lithograph printed in colours, split in two sections, total sheet when joined approx 840 x 1190 mm (33 x 46 3/4 in), professionally mounted on linen support, some small nicks to edges, unframed, Dharan, Arabian-American Oil Company, [1952]

⁂ Scarce Aramco-issued wall map of the Arabian Peninsula, "prepared by the U.S. Ministry of the Interior and the U.S. Geological Survey, under the auspices of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, and the US Department of State". Printed entirely in Arabic; the annotations read: "The locations included in the basis of this map are dependent upon the best information available to us at their composition in 1942. The exact location of many of these locations goes back to the what the analyses and journeys of foreigners showed and is therefore subject to modification. This map does not denote the borders in obscure regions". Other notes on the map indicate that the borders in the southeast, southwest, the Empty Quarter, and the northwest have not been delineated. Curiously, the map retains the designation "Al-khalij al-farsi" for the Arabian (Persian) Gulf, reflecting Arab-world naming conventions of the early 1950s.