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'Arabia. Handbooks prepared under the direction of the Historical Section of the Foreign Office - no 90' [‎64] (79/148)

The record is made up of 1 volume (69 folios). It was created in 1919. 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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64 ECONOMIC CONDITIONS [No. 90
The trade of Manama has steadily increased since
the beginning of the century. The value, which in 1903
was £1,892,897, increased to over two million pounds
in 1907 and to over three million in 1909. In 1911
high-water mark was reached with a total of
£4,349,093. The average annual value for the period
1911-14 was £4.167,804. The prosperity of the town
is almost wholly dependent on its trade in pearls,
which were exported in 1911 to the value of £1,928,000.
Katif and El-Katr have shown a slight tendency to
deal directly with Bombay themselves instead of send
ing their pearl output to Bahrein. The interruption
of the pearl trade necessitated special measures for the
relief of the pearlers in 1915.
The chief imports are rice, textiles, ghi, coffee, dates,
sugar, tea, tobacco, fuel, and live animals; the exports,
exclusive of trans-shipment goods, pearls, and specie,
are almost negligible, the chief being oyster-shells and
sailcloth.
In 1911-12 Manama was visited by 52 steamers,
with a total tonnage of 82,561 tons. Of these, 47 were
British (total 79,181 tons) and 5 Turkish-Arabian
(total 3,380 tons). Sailing vessels entered during the
same year numbered 858, and of these five-eighths were
Persian, while most of the rest were from Koweit.
The total tonnage of sailing vessels was 31,156 tons, of
which 15,270 tons were Persian, 5,737 were from
Koweit, and 4,882 were British. Two German
iSteamers called in 1909 and 1910, but none in 1911.
In 1913 British steamship tonnage was 104,717 tons
out of a total of 107,586.
Muscat, the chief port of Oman, stands on a bay
three-quarters of a mile deep and half-a-mile wide; on
the west side of the bay a ridge about 200 yards long
shelters a little cove beyond. Muscat's only inland
communications are through Matra, about two miles
westward. Landing arrangements were improved in
1911, when they were entrusted to a company of four
Arab merchants. However, as Muscat's intercourse

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This volume contains information on the geography, political history and economic conditions of Arabia and was published by the Historical Section of the Foreign Office in April 1919.

It is divided into four sections: 'Geography Physical and Political'; 'Political History'; 'Political Conditions' and 'Economic Conditions'. There is an Appendix, containing tables regarding trade in Aden, Muscat and Bahrein, 1909-1917.

There is a map 'Sketch Map of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and Arabia', compiled by the War Office on June 1914.

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1 volume (69 folios)
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Foliation: There is a foliation sequence, which is circled in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. It begins on the first folio with text, on number 1, and ends on the map on a sleeve on the inside back cover, on number 70.

Pagination: There is also an original pagination, iv-vi, 2-127.

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