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'Military Report and Route Book. The Arabian States of the Persian Gulf. 1939' [95r] (189/328)
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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4. Relations with neighbours. —The Sultan's relations
with the Imam of Oman and the tribes of hinterland have
been described in the preceding paragraph.
In the Baraimi Oasis area, where the frontier is vague,
the local Sheikhs, though theoretically subordinate to
the Sultan, are virtually independent and show an incli
nation to follow the advice of the Sheikh of Abu Dhabi
rather than that of the Sultan.
Ibn Saud, separated by a sea of sand, the Rub al Khali,
from Muscat and Oman has no effective relations with
the Sultan.
In Baluchistan the boundary of Gwadur has never been
demarcated, and should this question arise over • an oil
concession, it is likely to prove difficult to settle with
the Khan of Kalat, the ruler of the adjacent territory.
5. Administration. —The Sultan of Muscat and Oman is
His Highness Sir Saiyed Said bin Taimur, K.C.I.E., who
was officially recognised by His Majesty's Government
in 1932, when his father Sultan Saiyed Taimur bin Faisal
abdicated in his favour.
The internal administration of Muscat is conducted by
an Advisory Council of Ministers. At first the Sultan
preferred to reside in Dhofar taking scarcely any interest
in the welfare of his country, and Saiyed Shahab, his
uncle was nominally in charge of affairs in Muscat. The
Sultan's conduct led to a certain amount of discontent
in Muscat and the surrounding districts.
However in 1937 the Sultan returned to Muscat and
began taking an increased interest in the administration.
In November of that year he left Muscat on a world
tour, paying his first official visit to India and visiting
Japan, America, England and the Continent of Europe.
Since his return in 1938 he has taken a more active part
in the affairs of his state. The tour probably brought home
to him his true position, that he was a ruler in name and
little else. He has recently appointed two Ministers, a
Minister for Foreign Affairs and a Minister for the
Interior.
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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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- 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