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'Military Report on the Arabian Shores of the Persian Gulf, Kuwait, Bahrein, Hasa, Qatar, Trucial Oman and Oman' [72] (86/226)
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. geography oman.
+ • ^ SaU na h.—rhis is the most important coastal dis-
trict of the Sultanate extending for 150 miles along the
oast from Khor Kalba to Hail-ul-Umair. Inland it
extends to the foothills of western Hajar which run
roughly parallel with the coast at a distance of 10 to 20
miles. The Batmah is famous for its date belt, which
imges the sea shore and in some places extends for 7
miles inland Water is everywhere obtainable from wells
the average depth of which is 15 to 20 feet. The district
is populous and many tribes are represented. The chief
of these are the Yal Sa'd and the Hawasinah.
The Sultan maintains Walis or representatives at nine
of the coastal towns.
The principal settlements are:
Place.
Position.
Sohar
Shinaz
Liwa .
Water supply.
B a t i n a h
Plentiful and
good from
nume r o u s
wells.
Remarks.
30m. N.N.W. of
Sohar.
15 m. N. W.
of Sohar 3 m
inland.
Exc e 11 e n t
water from
nume r o u s
wells, 15 to
30 ft. deep.
Ditto
It is the adminis
trative centre for
the western half of
the Batinah. Port
of supply for large
part of interior and
to some extent for
the Baraimi Oasis.
Walis fort is a very
prominent 4
storeyed building.
Town contains
about 800 houses.
Large date groves
Bazaar of 200
shops.
A Sub-Wilayat of
Sohar. Bazaar
with 10 shops, 400
houses, date plan
tations.
Sub-Vilayat of
Sohar. Bazaar
with a few shops,
500 houses date
plantations.
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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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- '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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