'Military Report and Route Book. The Arabian States of the Persian Gulf. 1939' [83v] (166/328)
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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136
(c) Sharjah. —The principality has coasts on both gulfs.
The northern boundary follows a line from Jezirat -al-
Hamra to the southern extremity of the Jirri plain and
from this point a line to Dibah on the Gulf of Oman forms
the north-east limit.
Its southern boundary is a line from Sharjah Towu on
the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
to Khor Kalba on the Gulf of Oman.
From this area the principalities of Ajman Umm-al-
Qaiwan and Hamriyah must be excluded.
There is no doubt that this large area belongs to the
Sheikh " de jure" .but at the same time it is equally
certain that he is unable to control it. He now possesses
little influence outside his own town.
One and a half miles inland from the town o£ Sharjah
in flat open desert is Sharjah fort and landing ground.
The iort is in the form of a rectangle with two loopholed
towers at the opposite corners. It provides accommoda
tion for Imperial Airways offices and employees, a rest
house for passengers and the WjT and D|F station. Out
side the fort is a barbed wire enclosure into which aircraft
can be brought for protection. Inside this enclosure and
about fifty yards from the fort is a R. A. F. bomb store.
The D I masts are some five hundred yards to the north
of the fort and the landing ground is immediately beyond
the enclosure to the east.
Ihe water supply for the fort is carried daily by donkeys
rorn wells two miles to the east, but there is a saline ■well in
oim ^ an( ^ a con( i en ser plant which can produce about
^40 gallons per day.
, .^ 1( ' '''' r ^ ^ as ^s own electricity supply and this is a^ail-
a e tor searchlights which are mounted on the towers,
% n +^ irf J a ,)eacon k e Pt flight at night. From the top
of the iort it is possible to signal to ships off Sharjah
and an Aldis lamp is held for this purpose
The number of permanent officials of Imperial Airways
esi mg in th e f ort is 8 British officials and some 24
noiau clerks, |T operators, etc. But there are often
i lona personnel stopping for short periods.
the Reridency'Agent Sllarjah is the Aga ' CT ^
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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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- '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
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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