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'Military Report and Route Book. The Arabian States of the Persian Gulf. 1939' [‎24r] (47/328)

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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CHAPTER III.
Communications.
. !• telegraph and Wireless. —There is a single telegraph
line from the post office in Kuwait town to Basra. It can
be cut at any point.
There is no cable communication.
Cable and Wireless, Ltd., are proposing- to erect a
wireless station, which may be completed by the end of
1940. In the meantime the Royal Air Force have estab
lished a wireless station in the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. building as a tem
porary measure.
The Kuwait Oil Company possess two Marconi Portable
Type E.-3 sets foj local communication. Details are :—
Place.
Kuwait
Maqwa
Call Sign.
V. T. M.
V. T. M. 2
Frequencies.
3.000
3,750
3,000
3,750
Aerial
Power
300
300
300
300
2. Air Communications. —Imperial Airways have an
agreement with the Shaikh, for the use of the harbour near
Shuwaikh as an emergency alighting area and anchorage,
but it is not used as a regular halting place, on their route
to India. This is the most suitable anchorage as it is well
sheltered from the winds.
The Royal Air Force landing ground, 950 by 650 yards
is to the^east of Kuwait, just outside the wall of the town.
It has a circle and corner markings and a fuel and oil store
is maintained.
R. A. F. unmarked emergency landing grounds exist at
A1 Jahra and Subaihiya, just south-west of the oil wells
area. A landing ground could be constructed fairly easily
a mile south of Maqwa Camp.
The state of the country is such that many natural
landing grounds exist all over the state especially in the
west, north and south-west.
Grani. —A good landing ground.
Wafrah. —Good landing ground.

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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:

and sketches of:

  • Bahrein Oil Company's area and important places (f 163);
  • Sharjah and Dibai [Dubai] (f 158).
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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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