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'Military Report on the Arabian Shores of the Persian Gulf, Kuwait, Bahrein, Hasa, Qatar, Trucial Oman and Oman' [18] (32/226)
The record is made up of 1 volume (112 folios). It was created in 1933. 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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CIfAl'. II. (xEOGHAPHY KUWAIT.
A a m n rwalf h l? f SS 0n a? ^ <>» desert,
land qidp If i o encircles the town on the
and side. It has 3 gates and towers at regular
mu f, 0i ^ y ards - Its ^tal length is over 4 miles
I lie walls and towers are loopholed for rifle fire and in
stZ 6 where nf™ ^ fire Both lo0 ' 3hoIes and ^e
I 1 7 ^ i exist are however very dilapidated. A
fllf 11 ! sout]l - west of the town and another line
south-east of the town supply water of indifferent quality
Zj he bedouins who camp round them in large numbers
during the summer. The main water supply for the town
s brought in wooden tanks by local sailing craft from the
in or near'Knwair 0 ' "" " # palmS or ^'^on
rhe high ground of Qasr-es-Sirrah or Mishrif 6 miles
south-east of Kuwait is a good observation point. There is
a ruined fort on the top of it.
Jahra. A large village at the foot of Kuwait Bay 20
miles by road west of Kuwait. It is a place of great
importance from a strategical point of view. Besides
being on the routes to Basra and Nejd its wells are the
last before the waterless belt to the south-west is reached.
It is an important camping ground and watering place of
the Bedouin and a centre for Nejd and desert news. Its
occupation is essential for the security of Kuwait town
ai^d the Kuwait-Basra road.
The following list gives the names of the principal
villages, wells and places of interest or importance in the
dinereiit districts. It includes places which, although
actually outside Kuwait territory, are nevertheless inti
mately connected with it. It must be borne in mind that
many places named are mere halting places with no
habitations anywhere near them.
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The volume is Military Report on the Arabian Shores of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Kuwait, Bahrein, Hasa, Qatar, Trucial Oman A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. and Oman (Calcutta: Government of India Press, 1933). The volume was produced by the General Staff, India. The place name Bahrain is rendered in the title and elsewhere in the volume in the spelling 'Bahrein'.
The volume contains information in separate sections for each of the places listed in the title under the following chapter headings:
- I Historical (ff 8-14);
- II Geography, Climate, Health (ff 15-54);
- III Population (ff 54-67);
- IV Water Supply; Resources (ff 68-70);
- V Armed Forces (ff 70-75);
- VI Aviation (ff 75-78);
- VII Political (ff 79-81);
- VIII Inter-Communication [wireless and telegraph] (ff 81-82);
- IX Communications [land routes] (ff 83-98).
There are three appendices, which follow the same format:
- I Currency, Weights and Measures (f 99-102);
- II Landing Facilities - Maritime (ff 103-106);
- III List of Maps (f 106).
The volume includes five maps of the region (ff 109-113).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (112 folios)
- Arrangement
There is a list of contents on ff 6-7, which contains an inaccuracy in the title and number of the last chapter.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the front cover and terminates at 113 on the last of the five maps inserted in a pocket attached to the back cover. The numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and appear in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. page of each folio. All five maps (ff 109, 110, 111, 112, 113) need to folded out to be examined. This is the system used to determine the sequence of pages in the volume.
Pagination: an original printed pagination sequence, numbered 2-198 appears between ff 8-106.
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- IOR/L/MIL/17/15/141
- Title
- 'Military Report on the Arabian Shores of the Persian Gulf, Kuwait, Bahrein, Hasa, Qatar, Trucial Oman and Oman'
- Pages
- front, front-i, i-r:iii-r, ii-v, iv-r:iv-v, 1:4, 1:208, v-r:v-v, 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