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'Arabia. Handbooks prepared under the direction of the Historical Section of the Foreign Office - no 90' [88] (103/148)
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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88
ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
pearling boats at the present time is unknown, but the
following partial figures are available for 1915 :—
Bahrein 900
Koweit ... 461
Doha ... ... ... ... 350
Debai ... ... ... ... 335
Sharga 200
Besides these centres, almost every village along the
coast of the Gulf has pearling vessels. The fluctuating
population in Bahrein engaged in pearling is normally
from 18,000 to 20,000 men. The pearling season proper
is from May to September or October. There is also a
cold-water season in the winter, when small pearls of
poor quality are obtained by wading.
The oyster-shells were long thought to be valueless,
but of late years there has been a steadily increasing
trade in them, Germany and Austria being large
buyers. It is doubtful, however, whether they ought
not to be returned to the sea in order to secure the con
tinued productivity of the banks.
(4) Minerals
The mineral wealth of Arabia is extremely small,
salt being the only mineral of economic importance.
At Salif in Yemen there are important salt-works,
which are controlled by the Ottoman Public Debt and
yield a large revenue. The salt is partly exported to
India and partly sent inland. Rock-salt is worked
at Teima oasis, where the salt beds lie just
beyond the zone of cultivation; this salt is sent all over
the peninsula. There are also salt-works, from which
salt is exported, in the hills near Abu Arish. Shughra
is another centre, and rock-salt is said to abound
in Nejd. There are salt-pits in the Abdali coun
try, licensed by the Turkish Government to Arabs.
About two-thirds of these are now in the hands of
Cowasjee, Dinshaw Bros., and Menahem Massa.
Ihey supply Aden with salt for local consumption.
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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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- 'Arabia. Handbooks prepared under the direction of the Historical Section of the Foreign Office - no 90'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1:6, 1:130, ii-r:ii-v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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