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'Military Report on the Arabian Shores of the Persian Gulf, Kuwait, Bahrein, Hasa, Qatar, Trucial Oman and Oman' [171] (185/226)
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. ix.—routes—oman.
171
ROUTE NO. 13.
SUR to LASHKARAH via KAMIL.
Distance ;—48 miles.
General Beport.—Vhe route is the same as Route No.
12 as far as KAMIL. It then turns south-east throusb
cultivated and well-watered country.
Miles.
Inter- ^otal. Detailed Report,
mediate. ^ bala d BEM BU HASAN, the principal
settlement of the Beni Bu Hasan tub®.
Track continues south-east by east.
2 39 BALAD BENI BU ALI: a large village
with date plantations. It is inhabited
exclusively by the Beni Bu All tribe.
The track then passes through broken
and sandy ground.
9 48 LASHKARAH ; on the coast.
ROUTE NO. 14. 1
MUSCAT to BARAIMI SAMAIL, NIZWA,
IBRI and DHANK.
Distance;—294 miles.
General Beport.—The route lies for the greater part
across mountainous country.
Miles.
Inter- Detailed Report.
media,e ' The route passes first through MATRAH
and EtTWI where all tracks leading o
the interior diverge.
82 82
with numerous villages.
82 M IZ So^a^ut &|^fi y
^ . ac \xr ATT - see Route No. 12.)
Trlofw" W m general direotion
west.
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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