'Military Report and Route Book. The Arabian States of the Persian Gulf. 1939' [111r] (221/328)
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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189
The principal settlements are :—
Place.
Position.
Water supply.
Remarks.
Dhank
In the gorge
by which
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Dhank
leaves the
hills of West
ern Hajar.
•
From stream
(
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Dhank)
Supply dimi
nishes in
summer.
Water for
irrig a t i o n
from wells.
The second largest
town of Dhahirah
(being exceeded by
Ibri). Town is
divided into two
parts upper
(Alayah) and
lower (Sifalah).
There is a long
narrow fortress in
the upper town.
Dut .
On r. bank of
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Dhank.
A small village of
100 houses.
Fida .
2 m. above
Dut.
A village of 200
houses.
Yanqul
2 m. above
Fida.
A village on 1. bank
of the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
-
Dhank.
Miskin .
Near the head
of
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
-il-
Kebir.
Water plenti
ful from
springs.
Elevation 2,750 ft.
The village lies on
the usual route
between Rostaq
and Dhank.
Maqniyat .
In
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Belad
Shahum, a
tributary of
Wad i-il-
Kebir.
A town on the in
land slopes of
Western Hajar
but considered
as belonging to
Dhahirah.
Aridh.
On R. bank
of
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
-il-
Kebir about
13 hours
below Miskin
!
A village of 320
houses, elevation
1,250 ft.
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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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