'Military Report on the Arabian Shores of the Persian Gulf, Kuwait, Bahrein, Hasa, Qatar, Trucial Oman and Oman' [126] (140/226)
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. V. ARMED FORCES KUWAIT.
CHAPTEE V.
ARMED FORCES.
Kuwait.
nf kJ^Sl er Ci'~~ e A J ahnla ^ ed staternent of the Armed Forces
ot the Sheikh of Kuwait is given below:
The policy was laid down in 1929 that the Royal Air
Force based on Iraq, would come to the assistance of
Kuwait if she were in danger of serious attack by strong
organized forces from Nejd- but that for dealing with
ordinary raids, large or small, and for patrolling her
frontier, she would have to depend on her own resources.
For this purpose it was decided that a small highly
mobile force of armed Ford cars would be the only satii
factory
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method of dealing with the problem.
The Sheikh was advised: —
(a) to purchase 12 Ford Vanettes and arm them with
Lewis Guns,
(b) to purchase 2 complete Field Wireless Transport
bets and mount them on lorries,
(c) to engage a British Officer or Non-commissioned
Umcer to organize the above force,
(d) to send 3 Lewis Gun teams to Basra for a course
of training.
The State finances (May 1932) have permitted the pur
chase of 5 \ anettes and 1 lorry only complete with 6 Lewis
Uuns. One Lewis Gun team has been trained by the Royal
A it *orce ; and there exist as spare one Vickers and one
Lewis Gun.
The complete scheme is being introduced as finances
permit.
2. The Fidawiyah or paid mercenaries The role of the
Fidawiyah is primarily to protect the Sheikh's property, his
camels sheep, horses, etc., but they could be counted on
to repel any fairly strong raid. They are paid and armed,
and are under the orders of their Amir. (Haif bin Hasan)
working under the direction of Sheikh Abdulla bin Jabir al
ba bah, the latter acts as commander-in-chief of the Kuwait
h orces. The Fidawiyah number some 350 men.
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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.
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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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