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'Military Report and Route Book. The Arabian States of the Persian Gulf. 1939' [‎24v] (48/328)

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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Ras-uz-Zor. —Possible landing- ground one mile north.
Bas Bardhalk. —Possible landing ground half mile
. north.
Has Safaniyah. —Possible landing ground three miles
north-west, sheltered seaplane anchorage.
3. Boads. —There are no metalled roads in the State.
Ihe existing " roads are really tracks connecting groups
(leneially the country east of the Shaqq depression and
bounded on the North by the bay of Kuwait is sandy with
thick undergrowth and medium and heavy cars would
always have some difficulty. This also applies to the
.Kuwait Neutral Zone and Sea board south of it.
0 f th !l ha " d . the whole ^untry west of the Shaqq
and south to the Dahana sand belt has, in general, a hard
fnW f Wlth Sparse uncler Sruwth and affords good
going for motor cars of all kinds. This also applies to
X^too a r n d d er NOrth - We9t 0f the bay 0f K "" ait
For a detailed report on Routes in Kuwait see Part II.
to ^the^interior main means ^ansport
W) tne intenoi is by ear and camel. There arp abmif in
"rs a A SOme 70 tOUri ' 1S -- in the tow"
service in eael, co ™.P an y maintains a regular bi-weeHy
mails and pisen^ This'' "^ K n UWait and B!,Sra for
able ^quantity can ^ ^
donkeys can be hired and Ab - t ^
call at Kuwait weekhT^^+v, ljoats from Bombay to Basra
Gulf. y their Parage up and down the
at Kuwait Ships anchor m'' T' modern . landing facilities
and discharge into local nrafi to tw o m iles off the town,
r& th a : tn h 7L dries
niq'ah ' formed

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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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