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'Military Report and Route Book. The Arabian States of the Persian Gulf. 1939' [114v] (228/328)
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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196
Piaee.
F'osition.
Water supply.
Eemarkg.
It attracts most of
the traffic up the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Semail from
the coast. For a
long time it was
the capital of
Oman.
Farq .
2 m. below
Nizwa.
Water plenti
ful from
A large village on
the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Kalbu.
Birkat-ul-
Moz.
6 m. W. of
Izki.
springs.
Water plenti
ful by con
duit.
A large village situ
ated at the point
where the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Mi'aidin emerges
from Jebel Akh-
dar. A watch
tower W. of the
village commandi
the water supply.
Muti .
4 m. above
Izki.
Water plenti
ful from
spring.
A large village. Ele
vation 2,300 ft.
Izki .
On
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Hal-
fain, 12 m.
below its
head.
Water abund
ant from
springs which
are among
the most
copious in
Oman.
A large town of
strategic import
ance. The fort
dominates the
main artery of
traffic between the
coast and the
interior by way of
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Semail. Ele
vation 2,150 ft.
J»laj-ul
Awamir.
In the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Halfain be
low Izki.
Water plenti
ful from
springs.
A group of village 3 -
The two largest
are Qalat-ul Awa-
mir and Hamai-
dhah.
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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