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'Military Report and Route Book. The Arabian States of the Persian Gulf. 1939' [‎143v] (286/328)

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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cattle,
scrub for fuel besides the
1. iVater.—From springs behind the village at foot
of the hills. (There is a track marked into the village
leading to the Wali's house.)
2. Supplies—D&tas when in season. A few
sheep and goats. A little
date palms.
3. Camping ground. — (Landing Ground impossible).
The surface consists of loose stones and rock. Suggested
site between road and village. Space for any force.
4. Commumcaiions. —There is a branch road from the
village to GI'LLA. This section of the route (stage 1) is
liable to damage during rains by the flow of water from
the hills.
No. of
Stage.
Name.
Distances.
Inter. Total.
Remarks.
SIB.
18
33J
Gen. direction N. W.
After leaving BOSHAR the track branches off right from
the through road to GULL A, then doubles back in a wide
hairpin bend to avoid sandhills, and heads for the coast in
northerly direction until mile 19. In places the road has
been built up with stones across areas of soft sand.
Miles.
Inter- Total,
mediate.
19
22
27
33
ADHIB. Small village of palm frond
huts. Al Awamir tribe. Road turns
left and proceeds parallel to the coast
and about i mile from the sea shore.
Track breaks into a salty plain covered
with scrub. This area becomes diffi
cult after rain.
End of salt plain. Palm gardens begin.
SIB. A long straggling village of 1,000
huts. Chiefly Awamir Arabs. Some
Baluchis and Jadgals. The Wall has
a house on the inland side of the palm
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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:

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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