'File 3/4 BOOKS ETC: ROUTES IN OMAN' [19r] (37/72)
The record is made up of 1 file (34 folios). It was created in c 1935. 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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UMM AL QAIWAIN, alp own in Trucial ‘OMA1 , defended
by a wall witn towers, and by several detached block
houses. Some of the houses are built of masonry,
but the majority of them are of date branches. The
^o^ulation is about 5,000, and the bazaar contains
some zu sno^s.
There is good, and abundant water from wells o feet
deep. Fuel and fodder are plentiful. There are
no supplies except dates, and livestock consisting
of about 40 horses, 700 camels, 40 donkeys, 10 cat
tle, and £00 she-^p and goats. There are also about
70 pearling and 60 fishing boats.
FALAJ AL 'ALI. 16 miles.
Across the desert by the wells of MJWAIH, GHAKA,
BJ8ATAH, and UMt, AN NAGHUL. At FALAJ AL 'ALI (known
locally as FALAI) there are some thousands of date
palms irrigated by the aqueduct from the
WADI
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
MAN-
GHOL i and there are also a few camels.
50 miles.
3PUJAIRAH
The route runs along north of the
WADI
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
MAXGHOL.
At a miles, the MUHAQQIBAT wells, situated on the
right bank of the
WADI
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
JIANG iOL at about 5 or 4 miles
north of DIIAID. The track then traverses the DHAID
plain and the small locality of AL BIRUDDI, crossing
over the
WADI
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
HAQALAH at a point below the village
of that name, and between it and the shingly plain
of JvlADAM. The route then enters the hills, passes by
SIJI, and drops into the
WADI
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
HAM not far from the
village of kASAFI. It then follows the course of
tms valley down to FUJAIRAH, passing BILAIDAH and
BITHNAH at 9 and 6 miles fron the coast respective
ly. The port of FUJAIRAH is GHALLAH, 4 miles away.
FUJAIRAH consists of 150 mud and stone nouses. The
village is surrounded by a strong wall 9 feet high,
to which have been added on its south and west sides
an exterior ditch and a breastwork. A small but
strong fort on a hill adjoins the village.
There is plenty of fresh water in wells at £4 feet.
Fuel and fodder are both plentiful ; and there are
also limited supplies of dates, wheat, jowari, and to
bacco.
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The file contains descriptions of eleven routes in Muscat and Oman, and the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , drawing on various sources of information. The entry for each route gives a general description, the distance, and the number of stages/approximate travelling time. The routes are:
- Dibah to Ras al Khaimah
- Abu Dhabi to Baraimi
- Mahot to Muti
- Minhah to 'Ibri
- Sur to Minhah
- Umm al Qawain to Fujairah
- Dibai [Dubai] to Shinas
- Sharjah to Murair
- Sib to Muti
- Sohar to Baraimi.
The sources of information include journeys undertaken and information collected by British officers (with dates), especially Major Percy Zachariah Cox and Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Barrett Miles; the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Gazetteer (1908); and native information.
The descriptions include details of settlements, inhabitants, topography, vegetation, caravan routes, water supply, fuel and fodder, forts and similar structures, and cultivation and livestock. Typescript, with occasional manuscript notes in red ink containing queries about the information provided.
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- 1 file (34 folios)
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A list of the routes described appears on folio 3.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 36; 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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- 'File 3/4 BOOKS ETC: ROUTES IN OMAN'
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- front, front-i, 2r:35v, 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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