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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.
85-
Place.
Hamra
Tanuf
Nizwa
Position.
A few miles
N. E. of
Bahlah.
N. W. of
Nizwa.
Midway be
tween Bahlah
and Izki.
Water Supply.
Water plentiful
from wells.
Abundant
water from
4 streams.
Remarks.
Farq .
Birk a t - u 1
Moz.
Muti
2 m. below
N izwa.
6 m. W. of
Tzki.
4 m.
Izki.
above
Water plentiful
from springs.
Water plentiful
by conduit.
Water plentiful
from spring
A small town of 300'
houses.
A village very much
shut in by cliffs.
Elevation 1,950 ft.
A large town in the
centre of the dis
trict. Elevation
l,f)00 ft. Strategi
cally and commer
cially important.
It is well adapted
for defence and
commands the
mouths of the two
chief passes from
Jebel Akhdar by
Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Tanuf and
Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Mi'aidin.
There is a strong
fortress in the
upper town. It
attracts most of
the traffic up
the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Semail
from the coast.
For a long time it
was the capital
of Oman.
A large village on
the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Kalbu.
A large village
situated at the
point where the
Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Mi'aidin.
emerges from
.lebel Akhdar. A
watch tower W. of
the village com
mands the water
supply-
A large village. Ele
vation 2,300 ft.

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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'
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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