'Military Report and Route Book. The Arabian States of the Persian Gulf. 1939' [152v] (304/328)
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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268
B.—BAHREIN
1. Currency. The Indian rupee is the currency of
Bahrein. Pearl divers are sometimes paid in the Rival
(or Maria Theresa dollar) and also in Turkish gold liras
or £ sterling.
The general term in use for money " in Bahrein is
" flusthough " gawazi " is sometimes heard.
There is a branch of the Eastern Bank at Bahrein and
all classes of business are transacted.
2. Weights—
(а) -i mithqals equal to 1 tola (equivalent to weight
of Re. 1).
40 tolas equal to 1 rutl —1 lb.
4 rutls equal to 1 ruba = 4 lbs.
7 rubas equal to 1 nusf mann == 28 lbs.
2 nusf mann or 14 rubas equal to 1 mann —
56 lbs.
10 manns equal fco 1 rafa = ^ ton.
18 manns equal to 1 kara = :4i tons.
The above weights are used for commodities such as
ghee, grains, flour, sugar, coffee. The last two, the rafa'
and kara are used for wood, fish and salt in bulk.
(б) Other local weights are—
16 mithqals equal to 1 qiyas equivalent to If rutl
or lbs. Av.
- qiyas equal to 1 alf equivalent to rutls or
lbs.
16 alfs equal to 1 mann equivalent to 56 rutls or
lbs.
- manns equal to 1 cwt. (bunder Indian word)
equivalent to 1 cwt.
12 manns equal to 1 pundy equivalent to 673
rutls or lbs., 6 cwts.
40 manns equal to 1 ton equivalent to 2,240 lbs.
or 1 ton.
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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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- Title
- 'Military Report and Route Book. The Arabian States of the Persian Gulf. 1939'
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- 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