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'Military Report and Route Book. The Arabian States of the Persian Gulf. 1939' [26r] (51/328)
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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31
CHAPTER IV.
Resources.
. ^ (iter Supply. The question of water is the most
important factor that will affect military operations in
Kuwait, as the state is almost entirely desert. There is
no running water in the whole area, but there are numerous
shallow wells.
The extent of water available varies in summer and
winter. In winter, water collects after rain in hollows and
remains for several months. Wells in some cases over
flow. In summer, water is confined to the wells ; many
of these are brackish and a number dry up.
The town of Kuwait, as already stated, obtains its water
Irom two lines of wells south-west and south-east of the
town, but th. water is of indifferent quality and Bedouins
camp round the wells in large numbers during the summer.
Therefore, the town mainly relies on water brought by
specially fitted local sailing craft from the Shatt-al-Arab at
a0- 40 craft are always employed in water carrying. On
an average 6 such boats arrive daily and bring approxi
mately 35,000 gallons of water. If local craft are em
ployed medical supervision would be necessary.
2. Camping Grounds. —The following is a list of suit
able camping grounds. This table and the table in
Chapter JI show the normal state of water supply, but as
m the summer the yield of good water is dependent on the
extent of rainfall in the winter, the information can only
be approximate. In every case it would be safer to
depend on local and up-to-date information as to the state
of the water supply in areas where operations are under
consideration.
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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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- Title
- 'Military Report and Route Book. The Arabian States of the Persian Gulf. 1939'
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- 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