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'Military Report and Route Book. The Arabian States of the Persian Gulf. 1939' [141r] (281/328)
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. Detailed Kepoii.
mediate.
Track then turns inland : general diree-
tion south and follows the
WADI
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
FARA'.
15 80 HAZAM.
Track passes through several large vil
lages and extensive date groves.
10 90 ROSTAQ (or QAL'AN KESRA) : the
principal village of the FARA valley.
Track continues in general direction west
by north and follows the longer axis
of the range of hills.
52 142 MI SKIN.
Track turns south-west and descends
through barren broken country.
15 157 'ARID : elevation 1,250 feet.
Track continues in general direction west-
north-west across sterile foothills pac
ing through FIDA on the
WADI
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
DHANK.
36 193 DHANK (see Route No. 14).
ROUTE No. 16.
Distance 78 miles.
General Report.—The route is fit for '^ars and light
M. T.
Miles. ,
Inter- Total. Detailed Report.
mediate. . .
The track leaves SOHAR in north-west
direction over a plain. It turns later
south-west up the
WADI
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
JIZZI, which
it follows with slight intermissions for
30 miles.
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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)
- Physical characteristics
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