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'Military Report and Route Book. The Arabian States of the Persian Gulf. 1939' [13v] (26/328)
The record is made up of 1 volume (157 folios and 7 maps in pocket). It was created in 1940. 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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The Sheikh, on August 30th, 1939, assured His
Majesty's Government of his and his peoples' desire
to place their services and resources at the d sposai
of the Government at any time they may be required.
7. Faces. —The population of Kuwait town which
represents practically the entire settled population of
the Principality is made up of a large majority of Arabs
of the Awazim, Ajman, Mutair, Rashaidah, Beni Klialid,
Dawasir, Anizah. Dhafir and other tribes, besides
Hasawiyah or Arabs from Hasa. Baharinah from
Bahrein, and Nejdis from Nejd. There are also a large
number of Persians, some Jana'at. many Negroes, some
Jews and a few Indians.
8. Characteristics. —The Arab population of Kuwait w
not on the whole of a robust type. They are generally
longfaced. slender and inclined to lankiness. The com
plexion of many is sickly. The greater part are engag
er! in seafaring, fishing and pearl-diving. The Persians
a;9 shopkeepers ar.d labourers. Though no census has
ever been taken the settled population of Kuwait Prin
cipality is believed to be about 70.000 increasing to
8u,000 in the pear] season.
There is a small community, about 100 in 1939, of
ut.sh and Americans, the majority beinof employees
of the Kuwait Oil Company.
The only permanently settled villages are Jahra at
the head of the Bay, Qasr-es-Sabiva on Khor-es-Sabiya,
/or on Failakah island. Dimna and Hawaii in the
Qaraiah d strict and the Qusur villages of Fantas,
v l " a ' a ' "■ nu ti'daifah and Shu'aibah along the coast.
-None ot these are more than 25 miles in a direct line
froni Kuwait. The Bedouin within the recognised
- raiie^ of the Principality who still own allegiance
to the Sheikh of Kuwait—are confined to such rem-
Tfo-k ^ * Aw . azim ' Rashaidah, Ajman, Mutair,
_ -i ' e j"' . as no ^ .i oin ^he Ikhwan movement,
AriV 0 erin ^ hands of the Solubba—the gipsies of
i n Undet J ermine d territory to the south, the
- i > a 1 joined the Ikhwan movement, more from
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This volume contains geographical information and maps about the Arabian States of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . It was produced by the General Staff, India, and printed by the Manager, Government of India Press, Simla, 1940.
The volume is divided into two sections: 'Military Report' including general descriptions of Kuwait, Bahrein, Hasa, Qatar, the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , Muscat and Oman (folios 6-127) and 'Routes' (folios 128-164) including maps of:
- The Arabian States of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Muscat and Oman, and Routes in the area (f 158);
- Kuwait Area (f 159);
- Bahrein, Hasa and Qatar (f 160);
- Trucial Oman A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. (f 161);
- Muscat and Oman (f 162);
and sketches of:
- Bahrein Oil Company's area and important places (f 163);
- Sharjah and Dibai [Dubai] (f 158).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (157 folios and 7 maps in pocket)
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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 front cover, on number 1, and ends on the last of several maps which are stored in a pocket at the back of the volume, on number 164.
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- IOR/L/PS/20/C252
- Title
- 'Military Report and Route Book. The Arabian States of the Persian Gulf. 1939'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:156v, 158r:164v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence