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'Military Report on the Arabian Shores of the Persian Gulf, Kuwait, Bahrein, Hasa, Qatar, Trucial Oman and Oman' [‎48] (62/226)

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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48
CHAP. II. CLIMATE HEALTH HASA.
3. Climate. —Statistics are not available for Hasa but
it is probable that the variations of temperature lie some
where between those given for Kuwait and Bahrein.
The average maximum temperature would then be
about 110 o F and the average minimum about 40 o F the
hottest weather occurring in July and August. The cool
season falls between November and March.
Moisture is increased in the oasis tracts by the amount
of surface water used in irrigation.
The average rainfall would be about 4 inches, almost
the whole being confined to the winter season and to the
comparatively few wet days.
Qatif has a very bad reputation for malaria, and most
of the inhabitants suffer from enlarged spleens.
Qatar.
Qatar is a remarkable tongue of land projecting north
wards from the coast about midway between Ras Musandam
and Kuwait. The promontory as a whole measures about
85 miles in length by about 40 miles in breadth.
Boundaries. —On the east, north and west Qatar is
bounded by the sea. The southern boundary is indeter
minate, but may be said to run from Dohat-as-Salwa south-
eastwards to the wells of Sakak thence to the Khor-Al-Odaid.
Physical characteristics. —Practically the whole promon
tory consists of undulating rocky and pebbly desert. The
northern part is very low-lying, though the southern por
tion is generally higher than Bahrein Island. The only
hill of any importance is Jabal-At-Tawar.
The soil is poor, consisting in the best localities of
gravel and marl mixed with sand. There are practically
no fields or date groves. Such gardens as exist near towns
and villages are small and unproductive. Hardly a tree
is to be seen anywhere. The only natural vegetation is
coarse grass, growing in tufts among the sandhills, and
some occasional stunted brushwood.
In the centre of the promontory the water level is be
tween 150 and 250 feet below the surface of the ground.

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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' [‎48] (62/226), 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_100023509623.0x000040> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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