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'Military Report and Route Book. The Arabian States of the Persian Gulf. 1939' [70v] (140/328)
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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116
CHAPTER IV.
Besouroes.
1. Water Supply. —The question of water is the most
important factor that will affect military operations in
this area. There are no rivers, springs or streams ; water,
therefore, is obtained from wells, many of which are
brackish. Winter is the rainy season. During December,
January and February, the supply of water is replenished
and the quality improved. During the summer, the length
of time that wells continue to yield good water is dependent
on the extent of rainfall in winter.
The " List of Villages " in Chapter II shows the normal
state of the water supply, but the information can only be
approximate. It would always be safer to depend on
local and up-to-date information as to the state of the
water supply should operations be under consideration.
There is no water available in the oil fields area. Drink
ing and washing water is brought on lighters by sea to
Dohat-es-Zekrit and piped from there to the camp. Sea
water, for oil drilling purposes, is pumped from the sea,
one and a half miles from the camp.
2. Oil, The prosperity and importance of Qatar will
considerably change should oil be struck in commercial
quantities, as it has been in Bahrein and Hasa.
Petroleum Concessions, Ltd., obtained the original oil
s ln 1935, and a political agreement was entered into
m e same year, for 75 years. This agreement includes a
pre-emptive clause in favour of His Majesty's Govern
ment ^ to purchase oil in the event of an emergency.
Petroleum Development (Qatar), Ltd., was formed i"
■ qV 1 an eoiI1I1 ienced operating the concession.
pmc-il rmrrcT work hao boon Tmrrpteted-^niL-deep drilUfig
operations commenced in the winter of 1938PTh»
situation now (Sep.tfimb^ieSQ) is that one test well is
in piocess of being drilled, and has just had its first
■mall show of ort:
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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).
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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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- 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