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'Military Report on the Arabian Shores of the Persian Gulf, Kuwait, Bahrein, Hasa, Qatar, Trucial Oman and Oman' [83] (97/226)
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.
sa
Place.
Sur
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dement en^
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to vafley, y
0r MorAlavi^
a
Position.
Water Supply.
Remarks.
On the coast
94 m. S. E.
of Muscat,
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W ater is
brought from
we lis at
B e 1 a d-u s-
Surs, a village
about 2 r
inland. Wells
in vicinity of
Sur are very
brackish.
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ar. tie
; the po
via IFj4
i,
sup ol iot
es.
It is tte
orf lor tie
birconntiT.
villm Ho
A town of great political
and commercial impor
tance. It is the second
largest town in Oman.
It is the port for the
whole district of Jaialan
and nearly all Shariq-
yah. It has a large trade
in dried dates with
Indian ports. The town
consists of 2 quarters
separated by a creek.
That on the east side
is called Aiqa consisting
of about 300 houses.
Opposite is Maqrairra
tain, a large quarter of
1,500 houses. Included
with Sur are the villages
of Sanaisalah, Sakai-
korah and Belad-us-
Sur, all within 2£ miles
of Sur.
A perfect landlocked
lagoon completely shel
tered from all winds and
swell. Narrow, tortuous
channel, least depth 1 k
fathoms, M. L. ^ • S.,
on a small patch leads
into lagoon between
high cliffs. Except for
uatch menl ioned there
is plenty of water for
ships drawing 20 feet.
Ciimaii. From May to September, when the southern end of the
Gulf is very hot, Khor Jarama has been found to b ®
as a health resort. During the day there is little diffeic j
rest of the Gulf, but at about 1700 every evening a cool land
springs up and the temperature drops 15 or more.
Khor
Jarama.
On the coast
11 m. East
of Sur.
Practically no
water.
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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.
- Physical characteristics
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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