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'Military Report on the Arabian Shores of the Persian Gulf, Kuwait, Bahrein, Hasa, Qatar, Trucial Oman and Oman' [95] (109/226)
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. iii. population—kuwait. 95
3. Tribal Camping. Grounds. —The principal camping
ground for the tribes when entering Kuwait area are the
wells of Wafra, Grain, Tawil and Suhaihiyah in the south,
Jahra in the west, and those of Shaoniyah, and Dasma in
the vicinity of Kuwait Town. But wherever there are wells
Bedouin may be expected to encamp. These camping
grounds are only occupied from May to September, when
the scarcity of water in the desert drives the Bedouin to
them. In winter no Bedouin encampments are found on
the wells. Many of them during summer months work as
divers with the pearling fleets.
4. Labour available. —Labour is available only in
Kuwait Town. The great majority (about 2,000) are Per
sians, but their numbers fluctuate. The water carrying
trade from the water boats to the houses is almost entirely
in their hands.
The normal wage of a labourer averages Rs. 1-8 pel 1
day.
If organized, there is no reason why they should not
work outside Kuwait.
5. Census. —The following list gives the figures of popula
tion, settled and nomadic inhabiting Kuwait and the sur
rounding villages, most of whom are Sunnis of the Hanbali
sect, though there are some Malikis. The Baharinath are
all Shiah and the Persians mostly so.
5. Census. —The following list gives the figures of popu
lation by categories. It is only approximate.
Town or village.
Category.
Num
bers.
Religion.
Kuwait
Arabs Awazim
3,000
Surmi Hanbalis.
99 *
Ajman
2,000
99 • *
,, Muteir
2,500
99
„ Rashaidah .
2,500
99 • '
„ Beni Khalid .
5C0
99 * *
„ Dawasir
200
99 # *
„ Anizah
200
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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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