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'Military Report and Route Book. The Arabian States of the Persian Gulf. 1939' [65r] (129/328)
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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105
Name.
Position.
Remarks.
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Mashrab
8 miles south-
south-east of
Huwailah and
7 from the east
coast.
There are 9 unlined wells
of fairly good water ;
they are 6 feet deep.
Maaru'ah
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DUA J , i
14 miles north
west of Dohah
and 10 from the
east coast.
A masonry well, 40 ft.
deep, which yields good
water. There are trees,
but cultivation is want
ing, notwithstanding the
name.
Milaihat
6 miles south
east of Huwai
lah and 3 from
the east coast.
Good water from well,
depth 10 ft.
Misaimir
7 miles south of
Dohah and 8
from the east
coast.
About 10 unlined wells,
10 ft. deep of good
water.
Mukainis
18 miles west by-
south of Dohah.
A stage on the route from
Hofuf to Dohah. Good
water is supplied by a
masonry lined well, 40 ft.
deep.
Murair (Qal'at)
i-- ■••• lo If- r y
1| miles south
east of
Zubarah
18th-century town located 105 km from Doha.
.
A ruined and deserted
fort. Inside the fort is
a well 12 ft. deep, and
outside it are 6 wells,
6 ft. deep ; the water of
all is good.
Mueaikah
6 miles east by
south of
Zubarah
18th-century town located 105 km from Doha.
.
A masonry well of good
water, 30 ft. deep, and
the ruins of two forts.
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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'
- 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