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'Military Report on the Arabian Shores of the Persian Gulf, Kuwait, Bahrein, Hasa, Qatar, Trucial Oman and Oman' [12] (26/226)
The record is made up of 1 volume (112 folios). It was created in 1933. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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1 9
CHAP. I. HISTORY—OALO.
in wth C T.r ri ^ e T SU0Ce8Si0 " rise to a ""1 war
Rostaq, hiS ^
to maintain himself in CVnfv i n ' f however able
hell, of a remarkable
Nasir of tile Beni* Glnfir t h" el " ^fohaminaii bin
true ImamTdeceaso io 172? 'l «f th,
** had arisenTardly inferior fe M^b? the
This ja. Kbaiaf bin MnbaSi ^leYit^ B^ni ^a'
-r Ktc ? - N r *
S fn, campaigns in almost etr^'t otth™"tnSy S
had many enc-ounters with his adversary Khalaf Fn a
kid The orL 6116 ' 0f S0har ' in 1728 ' ^th leaders were
illed. The ongm composition, and even the names of
the modern Hmawi and Ghafiri factions are traced to
lie Liibal combinations formed in this civil war bv + I ip >
genius of Khaiaf the Hinawi and Muhammad the Ghafiri
Since that time certain tribes have for political purposes
changed their denomination, Ghafiris becoming Hinawis
and vice versa. * - nia£iWls
mJhl A 1 !! 861 !? K dyn c St ^ 0f 1 tlie AIbu Said ^ as founded in
nf hi i ima + 1 V u 0 Was elected Imam 011 account
of his patriotism and bravery in expelling the Persians
The family acquired the title of " Seyyids " which their
descendants, have used ever since. The gradual increase
m the number of rival and aspiring " Seyyids " has been
a fertile source of internecine feuds which have arrested
the progress of the country.
Up to 1793 the temporal ruler, who was also the spirit
ual ruler of the country, had, in accordance with the prin
ciples of the Ibadhi sect, been elected by the people. In
1793, however, Seyyid Sultan usurped the throne and pro
claimed himself Imam, thus dispensing with the formality
of election, and causing the tribes to look on the titu
lar ruler as an usurper. The transfer of the capital from
Rostaq in the interior to Muscat on the coast, which took
place^ about this time, relieved the fanatical tribes of the
interior of the direct control to which they had been
accustomed. The relations with infidel foreign Powers
which followed the transfer of the capital to Muscat and
the progressive degeneration of the ruling house further
weakened the position of the Sultan (as he now came to
be called by the English) vis-a-vis the Omani tribes. A
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The volume is Military Report on the Arabian Shores of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Kuwait, Bahrein, Hasa, Qatar, Trucial Oman A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. and Oman (Calcutta: Government of India Press, 1933). The volume was produced by the General Staff, India. The place name Bahrain is rendered in the title and elsewhere in the volume in the spelling 'Bahrein'.
The volume contains information in separate sections for each of the places listed in the title under the following chapter headings:
- I Historical (ff 8-14);
- II Geography, Climate, Health (ff 15-54);
- III Population (ff 54-67);
- IV Water Supply; Resources (ff 68-70);
- V Armed Forces (ff 70-75);
- VI Aviation (ff 75-78);
- VII Political (ff 79-81);
- VIII Inter-Communication [wireless and telegraph] (ff 81-82);
- IX Communications [land routes] (ff 83-98).
There are three appendices, which follow the same format:
- I Currency, Weights and Measures (f 99-102);
- II Landing Facilities - Maritime (ff 103-106);
- III List of Maps (f 106).
The volume includes five maps of the region (ff 109-113).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (112 folios)
- Arrangement
There is a list of contents on ff 6-7, which contains an inaccuracy in the title and number of the last chapter.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the front cover and terminates at 113 on the last of the five maps inserted in a pocket attached to the back cover. The numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and appear in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. page of each folio. All five maps (ff 109, 110, 111, 112, 113) need to folded out to be examined. This is the system used to determine the sequence of pages in the volume.
Pagination: an original printed pagination sequence, numbered 2-198 appears between ff 8-106.
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- IOR/L/MIL/17/15/141
- Title
- 'Military Report on the Arabian Shores of the Persian Gulf, Kuwait, Bahrein, Hasa, Qatar, Trucial Oman and Oman'
- Pages
- front, front-i, i-r:iii-r, ii-v, iv-r:iv-v, 1:4, 1:208, v-r:v-v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence