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'Military Report on the Arabian Shores of the Persian Gulf, Kuwait, Bahrein, Hasa, Qatar, Trucial Oman and Oman' [‎102] (116/226)

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 QATAR.
Name of tribe
or
community.
Negroes (slaves, but not
living in their masters
houses).
Xegroes (slaves, living with
their owners).
Persians
Sadah .
Sfldan
Sulutah • . . .
Yas (Bani) of the A1 Bu
Falasah and Qubaisat
sections.
4,000 Doliah and Wakrah.
Are reckoned
in this table
to the tribe
in which
they are
owned.
5,000
350
400
Dohah and Wakrah..
Ruwais and Dohah.
Dohah.
2,500 Do.
125 j Dohah and Wakrah.
Of the tribes mentioned above the Hamaidat and the
Mahandah appear to be peculiar to Qatar. The settled
population ot Qatar—that, namely, of the towns of Dohah
AK?i nt 1 !-? a ^ d of the villa g es of Dha'ain, Dhakhirah,
Abu Dhaluf, Fuwairat, Hadiyah, Khor Hasan. Lusaii,
Kuwais, Khor Shaqiq and Sumaismah, together with a few
families of negro gardeners at 2 or 3 small gardens in the
interior—cannot be far short of 27,000 souls and a feature
has been the marked increase in the number of Persians
since the war, particularly at Dohah. A considerable pro-
portion of the settled tribes of Qatar go into camp in the
interior in winter with their flocks and herds.
, r --; he Be douins properly belonging to Qatar are the Bani
Hajir and the small Ka aban tribe of whom about 60 fami-
TrLllT^n - r0an ,! ere - A large bod y of the Na'im of
irucial Uman, however, have become detached from the

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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' [‎102] (116/226), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/MIL/17/15/141, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023509623.0x000076> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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