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'Military Report on the Arabian Shores of the Persian Gulf, Kuwait, Bahrein, Hasa, Qatar, Trucial Oman and Oman' [137] (151/226)
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. VI.—AVIATION. I 37
CHAPTER VI.
AVIATION.
1. Nejd Air Force—The only ruler in the area covered
by this report, who is in possession of an Air Force, is
Ibn Sand. His Air Force consists of four Wapitis (Jupiter
450 h. p. engines).
There are about three trained pilots and five mechanics.
The Air Force is at Jeddah, to which place it was
transferred from Qatif in 1930, flying via Baghdad and
Amman,
2. General. —From an aviation point of view the area
covered by this report is of importance chiefly as it con
tains the air route from Basrah via Bahrein— Sharjah,
etc., to India.
3. Civil Air Boutes.—The following civil air route is m
operation by Imperial Airways Limited:
Basra (night stop)— Bahrein—Sharjah (night stop)
Gwadur and thence to Karachi.
4. Climatic conditions—It can be safely assumed that
the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
is suitable for flying all the year round.
Strong winds and dust storms are encountered periodically^
particularly during the 40 days Shamal in June and July,-
but do not render air navigation impossible.
5. The projected air route for flying boats. —Kuwait,
Bahrein, Qatar, Yas, Abu-Dhabi, Dibai, Ras -al-Khaimah,
Dibah, Sohar, Muscat, Khor Jaramah.
Some details of anchorages and landing grounds are
given below; —
Kuwait. —An aerodrome has been marked out south-east
of the town. Anchorage for flying boats off the town
opposite British
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
in 10-15 feet of water, exposed to
Shamal. There is a safe anchorage for flying boats west
of the town at Shuwaikh for stormy weather.
Land line to Basrah.
Road communication with Basrah.
Slow mail steamer calls fortnightly on down, weekly on
up journey.
Royal Air Force petrol and oil dump.
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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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