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'Military Report on the Arabian Shores of the Persian Gulf, Kuwait, Bahrein, Hasa, Qatar, Trucial Oman and Oman' [123] (137/226)
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. TV.—RESOURCES.
(B) RESOURCES.
Kuwait.
I. General. —Agriculture in this principality is almost
entirely confined to the village of Jahra and, to an increas
ing extent, to the Qusur villages south-east of Kuwait.
The products however are insignificant, consisting only
of a limited supply of vegetables, and a little ^rne a
Jahra. All other supplies have to he augmented fro
abroad principally Basrah and the Persian ports Rice is
brought from India. Wheat, barley and bhoosa from Per-
2 ^Fuel. —Firewood from Indin. Camel dung (jella) is
used as fuel by the very poor to supplement the supply ot
brushwood which comes in from the surrounding desert.
In summer a force landing in Kuwait could not depend on
any local supplies. In winter, however, about 2,000 sheep
should be available per week.
3 Boat buildinci.—lt is claimed for Kuwait that the
finest boats in the Gulf are built there. They are almost
entirely of the Bum or " Sambuq " type with pointed
and square sterns respectively, and vary in capacity trom
50—300 tons. .
4. Transport. —(a) Camels in any quantity are not avail
able on hire, but their owners would sell them. The camels
are usually scattered in the desert grazing and only the
owners could collect them.
(b) A limited supply of donkeys (about 200) could be
obtained on hire from Kuwait and Jahra.
(c) For boats and shipping available see Appendix II.
(d) There are 52 " Taxis " in Kuwait and as Motor cars
can move everywhere in the desert, a force operating in the
hinterland will no doubt find these preferable to camels.
Bahrein.
1. General. —The supplies locally obtainable in Bahrein
are limited to dates and lucerne in ample quantities and a
limited supply of vegetables.
For the rest, all other commodities are imported, ana a
force landing in Bahrein would be entirely dependent for
its supplies on an overseas base.
2. Crops.- —Lucerne is the only crop. It is widely culti
vated.!
3. Vegetahles. —Small quantities of vegetables and fruits
are obtainable.
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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)
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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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- Open Government Licence