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'Military Report on the Arabian Shores of the Persian Gulf, Kuwait, Bahrein, Hasa, Qatar, Trucial Oman and Oman' [‎69] (83/226)

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. geogiiaphy—oman.
69
The islands of this principality are; —
Tamb. —An island 17 miles south of south-west point of
Khishm island in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , It is sparsely in
habited and almost waterless. Roughly circular in shape
and about 2i miles in diameter.
There is a lighthouse on Tamb Island. Parties landing
should be particularly careful to avoid snakes. The deadly
Russel's viper is common.
Little Tamb. —An uninhabited and waterless island 8
miles west of Tamb. It is 1 mile long by | mile wide.
Oman Sultanate.
1. Boundaries. —The word Oman, in its widest geogra
phical meaning, is used to designate that part of the Ara
bian continent which is enclosed between the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ,
the Indian Ocean, and the Ruba-ul-Khali, or Great
Desert of Southern Arabia.
The Sultanate of Oman is not coincident with Oman
in its geographical sense; for Trucial Oman A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , the Baraimi
Oasis and the Mahadhah tract are not included among the
Sultan's possessions. On the other hand, the Gwadur Dis
trict on the coast of Baluchistan, and the Dhofar District
on the Southern coast of Arabia form part of the Sultanate
of Oman.
The dominions of the Sultan of Oman, if taken as c o m "
prising also independent and semi-independent localities,
extend along the coast from Tibbat, on the west side of
the Musandam promontory, to Ras Dharbat Ali in Dhofar.
A small strip on the east side of the promontory between
Dibah and Khor Kalba belongs to the independent Shaikh-
dom of Sharjah in Trucial Oman A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , and must be excluded.
The northern land frontier on the side towards Baraimi
is vague; but may be placed at the watershed between
Baraimi and the coast of the Gulf of Oman.
The Ruba-ul-Khali, or Great Desert, forms the remaind
er of the land frontier.
2. General. —Oman consists of three belts. First, th«
low littoral extending for about 900 miles from Tibbat, on
the western side of the Musandam peninsula, to Roe
Dharbat Ali in Dhofar. From this must be excluded 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).

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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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