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'Military Report on the Arabian Shores of the Persian Gulf, Kuwait, Bahrein, Hasa, Qatar, Trucial Oman and Oman' [‎27] (41/226)

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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CHAP. II. CLIMATE KUWAIT. 27
N ote.— Water arrangements. —For a small force, say up
to a brigade, it would be preferable to obtain drinking
water from Sbatt-el-Arab at Fao. For troops it could be
distributed in Kuwait by motor vans carrying tanks. The
town of Kuwait gets it water largely in this way. It is
brought in specially prepared local craft fitted with
wooden tanks. 40 craft are always employed in water
carrying. On an average 6 such boats arrive daily and
bring approximately 35,000 gallons of water. If local craft
are employed medical supervision would be necessary.
7. Climate. —The climate of Kuwait compares most
favourably with that of other ports in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
In winter, especially when a Shimal wind is blowing it
is sometimes bitterly cold. In summer the heat of the
sun is tempered by sea breezes and the sandy desert
around cools down rapidly at night, ihe Barih wind
blows for 40 days from the north-west by west from the
beginning of June. Coming over the bay ox Kuwait it
carries clouds of dust but reduces the temperature very
considerably. The cool months are from November to March
and the hot months from April to October.
The rainfall occurs in the spring and winter. The
average yearly rainfall is 4 , 8 inches.
Good winter rains ensure the supply of water in the
desert wells during summer. They also ensure abundant
pasture in spring and incidentally increase the range and
frequency of Bedouin raids.

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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).

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1 volume (112 folios)
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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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'Military Report on the Arabian Shores of the Persian Gulf, Kuwait, Bahrein, Hasa, Qatar, Trucial Oman and Oman' [‎27] (41/226), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/MIL/17/15/141, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023509623.0x00002b> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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