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'Military Report and Route Book. The Arabian States of the Persian Gulf. 1939' [‎149v] (298/328)

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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262
Miles.
Inter- Total,
mediate.
Leaving A1 Hagar the road re-enters and
crosses the wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. . It continues south
east crossing three other wadis.
10| 32^ Top of Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. al Thai.
7i 39| Ruined village of Haifadth. A broken
bridge.
5 44f Village of Suakim, a hamlet of stone
houses and huts, one prominent double
storied house on edge of palm gardens.
1 45| Road continues south east down Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Mijlas, very difficult with large stones
and loose gravel. The wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. varies from
50 to 300 yards wide with walls rising
sheer up to 300 feet.
10 55f Leave Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Mijlas.
i 56i Enter Quryat.
QURYAT the seat of a Wali. There are
extensive date gardens and some
mango trees. Town consists of about
120 stone houses and 400 huts : 2 forts,
" Europe" built on a rock in the
sea and " Asia " at landward limit of
town. ^ Forts have garrisons of a few
Sultan's Askers. Principal occupation
of people is fishing. There are 5 large
bedans, 5 small bedans and about 60
small craft. There is a track to HAIL
GAF (2 hours) and on to MEZARA
(1 day) the Headquarters of BENI
BATASH—the only considerable tribe
m this area. Sultan bin Muhammed
(Shaikh). QURYAT has an open
Suk and some shops. There are 3
Indian merchants in QURYAT.
C am ping ground : Near sweet wells to
west of town and about 1^ miles awav
from it.

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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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