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Coll 6/88 'Intelligence: Military Report on Arabia (C.B. 1892).' [‎19v] (43/133)

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The record is made up of 1 file (63 folios). It was created in Feb 1932-7 Feb 1942. 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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Landing Grounds and Seaplane Anchorages [see Plan 2)— [contd.)
Place.
Size.
Position.
Fusl and
Oil.
Remarks.
ADEN and the H A DM RAMAUT—contd.
EL HAUTA . .
800 by 350 yards
Nil
Political landing
ground. >>
EL MASAWA
500 by 500 yards
—•
Nil
Operational landing
ground.
HABIL EL JABR . .
500 by 130 yards
2 miles east of village
Nil
Emergency landing
ground. ■>
HAIFIF
800 by 400 yards

Nil
Emergency landing
ground.
KHUREBA . .
800 by 600 yards

Nil
Political landing
ground.
Political landing
LAUDAR
600 by 200 yards
J mile north of
Nil
MIS-HAL
village
ground.
500 by 500 yards
1 mile east of village
Nil
Political landing
MUSEMIR
ground.
800 by 450 yards
f mile north-east of
Nil
Operational landing
NABIA
village.
ground.
550 by 300 yards
—■
Nil
Political landing
NISAB . .
ground.
900 by 300 yards
800 yards east of
Nil
Political landing
SAUDA
village.
ground.
600 by 150 yards
f mile north-north
Nil
Political landing
SEIYUN
west of village.
ground.



Proposal to construct.
SHIBAM
1,100 by 700 yards

Small emer-
Political landing
gency
stock.
ground.
TARIM



Under construction.
TURBA
325 by 70 yards
2 miles east of AM
Nil
Political landing
TURBA.
ground. Moth A/c.
only.
MUSCAT and OMAN
SALALAH
1,000 by 1,400 by
1 mile north of village.
Nil
Operational landing
[see Plan 12).
KHOR RORI ... . .
900 yards.
Circle with XII in
-centre. Corner
markings.
ground.
S/P anchorage . .
15 miles west of
Nil
MERBAT
1,040 by 250 yards
MURBAT.
mile east of village.
Yes
(see Plans 13 and 14)
MERBAT
Circle and corner
markings.
S/P anchorage . .
Able to anchor close
(sre Plans 13 and 14).
to the north shore
planes do NOT
KHOR GHARIB
250 by 400 yards
of the bay.
SUKRA BAY. Circle
Nil
exist.
and corner mark-
KHOR GHARIB
S/P anchorage . .
mgs.
Not suitable for F/B.s
KHOR MILH ..
Possible S/P an-
chorage. No
details.
MASIRA IS
MASIRA IS. . .
S/P anchorage . .
493 by 440 yards
3 miles south of UMM
Yes
New landing ground
RASAS.
in place of UMM
RAS AL HADD
895 by 840 by 500
1,000 vards west of
Nil
RASAS.
yards.
Cape. Circle and
SHUWAINIYA
Constructed by
corner markings.
R.A.F., no de
tails available.
KHOR JARAMA
S/P anchorage . .

Yes
R.A.F. supply tank.
BANDAR JISSAH . .
S/P anchorage ..
Alternative to
Yes at
MUSCAT (BEIT EL
FELEJ).
R.A.F. landing
ground main-
MUSCAT.
Circle and corner
markings.
MUSCAT.
Yes
See also Section VI.
tained.
MUSCAT (BEIT EL
FELEJ).
S/P anchorage . .
R.A.F. buoys
Yes
SOHAR
1,200 by 800 yards
2 miles north of Fort.
Nil
Emergency landing
SHINAS
1,380 by 450 yards
Circle markings.
South side of Town.
Yes
ground.
R.A.F. maintained
Circle and comer
markings.
I
landing ground.

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Content

This file consists of two parts. The first part (folios 1-9) begins with a 'state of report' document for an Admiralty Naval Intelligence Division report entitled 'Arabia, Intelligence Report'; the 'state report' concerns the updating of the report in October 1941, and it includes a list of maps, plans and photographs that are contained in the report. There then follows a small amount of correspondence between 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. , War Office, and General Staff (India) officials regarding the supply of an earlier issue of the report, dated 1939.

The second part of the file consists of the actual report, entitled 'C.B. 1892 (X) (10/41) Arabia Intelligence Report', dated October 1941, with appended maps, plans and photographs relating to Arabian Peninsula ports. The report is divided into four sections (six sections are listed in the table of contents, which lists sections one and three, most of section two, and one part of section five, as 'not issued', i.e. not printed in this edition of the report).

The first section to appear in the report is entitled 'Section II: Strategy and Tactics'; parts 1 and 3-6 of this section have been omitted, leaving part 2, which has the heading 'Possible Lines on which War Plans would be Framed'.

The next section, 'Section IV: Geography and Topography', provides an overview of the geography and topography of the Arabian Peninsula, including information about climate, transport facilities (including a table of landing grounds and seaplane anchorages), and communications.

The third section, 'Section V: Base Facilities and Maintenance of the Fleet' (from which part one has been omitted), provides a summary of principal commercial dockyards and repair bases, locations for fuel storage, supplies and storage of ammunition, fixed coastal defences, and aircraft.

The final section of the report, 'Section VI: Ports, Anchorages and Their Defences', proceeds through a number of Gulf ports in alphabetical order (i.e. Akaba, Bahrain, Doha, Hodeida and Ras Kethib, Jedda, Kamaran, Kuwait, Mukalla, and Muscat), describing each place's port facilities, anchorages and defences, as well as providing other information relating to matters such as government, commerce, water supply, transport and communications.

Enclosed with the maps and plans is a symbols chart, which lists some of the symbols used in the maps and plans.

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1 file (63 folios)
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The Arabia Intelligence Report contains a table of contents. The maps, plans and photographs, which are listed below the table of contents, appear after the main text of the report.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: The file is formed of two parts. The foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover of the first part at 1 and terminates at the inside back cover of the second part at 65; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.

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