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'Military Report and Route Book. The Arabian States of the Persian Gulf. 1939' [140r] (279/328)
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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Miles.
Inter- Total,
mediate.
2 39
48
243
Detailed Report.
BALAU BENI BU ALI : a large village
wilh date p'antations. It is inhabited
exe.usively by the Beni Bu AJi tribe.
The track then passes through broken
and sandy ground.
LASHKARAH : on the coast.
EOUTE No. 11
MUSCAT to BARAIAII via SAMAIL, NIZWA, IBRI
and DHANK.
Distance :—204 miles.
General Beport. —The route lies for the greater part
across mountanious country.
In the Avinter of 1938 an exploration party of the oil
company in ears and li^ht lorries travelled from Muscat
to Ibri then north via Yanqul and Jebel Hafit to Baraimi
Oasis. They returned to Muscat via Sohar and the coast,
Route No. 17.
Miles.
Inter- Total,
mediate.
Detailed Report.
The route passes first through MATRAH
and RUWI where all tracks leading to
the interior diverge.
32 32 FANJAH. Here track enters the popu
lous and fertile
WADI
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
SAMAIL and
after leaving FANJAH continues in
general direction south aloni? the Wad*
and passes through a cultivated area
with numerous villages.
52 84 IZKI (or ZIKKI) : elevation 2,150 feet.
(From IZKI a route leads south west
by west to MANAH ; see Route
No. 12.)
Track leaves IZKI in general direction
west.
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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