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'Military Report on the Arabian Shores of the Persian Gulf, Kuwait, Bahrein, Hasa, Qatar, Trucial Oman and Oman' [103] (117/226)
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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L
CHAP. Ill. POPULATION—QATAR.
103
parent stock and now fluctuate between Bain ain and
Qatar. Qatar is also visited by A1 Murrah from Hasa and
in the cold weather by Manasir from
Trucial Oman
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
;
'Ajman too are sometimes seen, but not frequently.
The inhabitants of Qatar—whether townspeople, vil
lagers or Bedouin—are Maliki Sunnis in religion. From
this statement we must however except the Sudan and a
few of the Ma'adhid, who are Hanbalis; the Sadah, who
are Hanafis and Shafi'is; the Bahama and Persians, who
are not Sunnis but Shi'ahs, and the Arabs of Najd who are
Wahabis. Negroes generally follow the religion of their
masters.
1. Ethnography.—The total population of
Trucial Oman
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
has been estimated at over 80,000 of whom about 8,000 are
nomadic.
They belong to numerous distinct tribes. The country
is, tribally, one of the most intricate and perplexing in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
.
As a result of the slave trade in former times, there is
a large negro element.
2. General. —With the exception of a few thousand
nomadic and semi-nomadic Bedouins of the interior, who
raise herds of camels and goats, and engage in a little
cultivation, the bulk of the people live by the sea.
In summer pearl diving employs most of the able-
bodied men. In winter, though some take part in the
ordinary fisheries, the majority are unemployed, being sup
ported by the pearl boat owners during the slack season.
The people are divided between the Hinawi and Ghafiri
political factions.
The population of the principalities of Abu Dhabi and
Dibai lean mostly to the Hinawi faction. The majority
are Sunnis (Malikis).
The people of Sharjah, Ajman, Umm-al-Qaiwain, and
Ras-al-Khaimah belong mostly to the Ghafiri faction, and
a great many are Wahabis, though not of the militant
order.
Trucial Oman
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
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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.
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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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- '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
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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