"كتيّب الجزيرة العربية المُعد تحت إشراف القسم التاريخي لوزارة الخارجية – رقم ٩٠". [‎٦‎٧] (١٤٨/٨٢)

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customs (not collected) are estimated at £10,000 a
year. It has been made a direct port of call from
Africa and India, and the dhows which rim between
it and Zanzibar absorb trade which used to go to
Muscat. It exports shark-fins, fish, dates, &c., and
imports from Bombay.
There are also ports at Shughra, Seihut, Barkak,
and Sohar.
On the Persian Gulf:
Koweit, the best harbour on the Gulf, stands on
Koweit Bay, of which the inner half, almost land
locked, forms a harbour of 20 to 30 square miles of
deep water. Large vessels cannot come within a mile
and a half of the shore. There are no wharves or docks,
but sheds have recently been put up. The total trade
value in 1913 amounted to £570,558, of which £370,817
represented imports, chiefly from India. A small pro
portion of the imports goes normally to Nejd and Jebel
Sh'ammar; the exports all go to India and the Gulf
Ports. In 1913 the port was visited by 63 steamships
(all British but one), of which the total tonnage was
121,482 tons.
Dehai, the chief port of Trucial Oman, is increasing
in importance as a place of call for steamers. It is
supplanting both Linga and Muscat as a distributing
centre for the interior, especially Baraimi oasis. It
also does a considerable trade in pearls directly with
Bombay.
(b) Shipping Lines
iVden is a port of call for every shipping line which
sends vessels through the Eed Sea. The best direct
communication with London before the war was by the
British India Steamship Company, with Southampton
by the Norddeutscher Lloyd, and with Marseilles by the
Messageries Maritimes. The other Arabian ports were
visited by the following lines;—
1. The British India Steam Navigation Co., on its
way from London to India, called at Aden and Muscat.
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