Catalogue description 2 items (appendices I-II to a memorandum, 24 October 1930, on the exclusion of Palestine...

2 items (appendices I-II to a memorandum, 24 October 1930, on the exclusion of Palestine from the area assigned for Arab independence by the McMahon-Hussein correspondence of 1915-1916) extracted from CO 733/178/5. Middle East. (1) 'Pre-war Turkish administrative districts comprised in Syria and Palestine': map of the area between Alexandretta (now Iksenderun, Turkey) and Aqaba (now in Jordan), also showing the Hejaz railway. Scale: 1 inch to about 47 miles. Overprinting, coloured, showing the boundaries of mandated Palestine. (2) 'A map of Turkey in Asia': covering the area between Nis (now in Serbia), Alexandria (Egypt), the Persian Gulf, and the Caspian Sea. Scale: 1 inch to about 205 miles (calculated). [By] Stanford's Geographical Establishment. Overprinted titles: 'Map to illustrate the agreements of 1916 in regard to Asia Minor, Mesopotamia etc'; 'The Sykes-Picot Arrangement of 1916 in regard to Syria and Palestine'; overprinting, coloured, showing independent Arab states and British, French, Italian, Russian and international spheres of influence; further overprinting, coloured, showing the boundary of mandated Palestine.