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'Military Report and Route Book. The Arabian States of the Persian Gulf. 1939' [‎85v] (170/328)

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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Place.
Position.
Water supply.
Remarks.
Jezirat-ul
Hamra.
12in. W. S.
W. of Ras-al
K h a i m a h
town.
Poor water
from wells.
An island. It run#
for 2 m. parallel to
the coast with
which it is nearly
joined at low
water.
Rams
8 m. N. E. of
Ras-al-Khai-
mah town.
A large village
built on the South
site of a creek
with a shallow
entrance.
Sha'am
17 m. N. N.
E. of Ras-al-
Khaimah.
A coastal fishinj
village.
Dibah
On the Gulf of
Oman 1 m.
South of
Beiah.
Good wells
with water
at 25 ft.
A village with ex
tensive date plan
tations.
The islands of this principality are :—
Tamb. —An island 17 miles south of south-west point of
Khishm island in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . It is sparsely in
habited and almost waterless. Roughly circular in shape
and about 2^ miles in diameter.
There is a lighthouse on Tamb Island. Parties landing
should be particularly careful to avoid snakes. The deadly
Russel's viper is common.
Little Tamb. —An uninhabited and waterless island 8
miles west of Tamb. It is 1 mile long by f mile wide.
(g) Kalba. —The exact boundaries of this principality
are not very clear as Kalba only became a Trucial Sheikh
dom in 1936. The. present Sheikh is gradually extending
his influence and asserting his authority to the north
towards Dibah, where the tribes are virtually independent,
although owing nominal allegiance to the Shaikh

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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:

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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English in Latin script
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