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'Military Report and Route Book. The Arabian States of the Persian Gulf. 1939' [85r] (169/328)
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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r^
139
The water of indifferent quality is obtained from wells
$ ft. deep.
About 16 miles south-east of the town at Falaj-al-Ali,
there are large date plantations irrigated by a stream.
(/) Bas-al-Khaimah. —The principality is divided from
the Ruus-al-Jibal district of Oman by a line running oblique
ly from Ras-al-Sham on the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
to a point between
the villages of Dibah and Baiah on the Gulf of Oman.
The southern boundary of the principality follows a
line from Jazirat-al-Hamra to the southern extremity of
the Jirri plain from which point a line to Dibha forms the
boundary on the south-east.
The district consists of a low sandy maritime plain,
rising to the hill country of the Oman promontory.
The creek at Ras-al-Khaimah is very suitable as an
alighting area. It is used as such by R. A. F. flying boats
and a lighter with petrol is maintained there. Imperial
Airways flying boats used Ras-al-Khaimah as an alterna
tive alighting area when it was not considered safe to use
Dibai OAving to local disturbances. There is however
neither an Imperial Airways petrol and oil store nor any
facilities for passengers and crews. Further, like Dibai,
in the event of general unrest there might be difficulty in
protecting this area owing to its proximity to the town.
The principal settlements are :—
Place.
Position.
Water supply.
Remarks.
Ras -al-Khai
mah town.
About 48 m.
N. E. of
S h a r j a h
town.
Drinking
water is
scanty and
of poor
quality.
The capital. It
stands upon a na-
row spit of land
2^ m. long, paral
lel to the coast
and connected
with the main
land at the S.W.
end.
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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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- IOR/L/PS/20/C252
- 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