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'Military Report and Route Book. The Arabian States of the Persian Gulf. 1939' [‎88r] (175/328)

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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Ras-ul-ghurab. —Anchorage.
Eadd -uth-thalei.-—Anchorage with possible landing
ground 2 miles north-east.
Bas Kantut. —Possible landing ground one mile north
east.
Al Ajman. —Might be used by flying boat in emergency,
but there is insufficient room to take off in sheltered
water.
Umm-al-Qaiwan. —Excellent anchorage for any number
of Flying Boats.
Bihah.- —Numerous sheltered anchorages in very deep
water round Musandan Peninsula.
Good anchorage for flying boats.
Possible landing ground in the valley between the
mountains.
Water plentiful.
Duhat Haffa. —Sheltered anchorage in deep water.
Hor Fakkan. —Good anchorage for flying boats in small
bay near island.
3. Port Facilities. —Occasional calls are made at Dibai,
Sharjah and Abu Dhabi by B. I. vessels and vessels of other
lines. Apart from this all trade is carried in local eraft.
The slow mail steamer calls fortnightly at Dibai.
There are no jetties, quays or other landing facilities at
any of the ports of Trucial Oman A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. .
Ships have to lie out 1—3 miles off shore. The whole
coast is exposed to the full force of the Shemal (N.-W.
wind).
The ports are situated in creeks and backwaters,
approached in most cases through narrow and shallow
entrances. The whole coast is lined with reefs, shoals and
islands rendering navigation difficult and dangerous.
Landing is effected by beaching except at Dibai where
small vessels can get alongside a wharf.
LS176CGS(P)

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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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