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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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CHAP- II* GEOGRAPHY - OMAN.
81
»-
lit ■
Place.
Position. j
Water Supply.
Ibri •
In the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Sanaisal.
Water abun
dant, by two
large con
duits from
ad i a c e n t
bills.
fialaif
2 m. E. S. E.
of Ibri.
Water plenti
ful by con
duit.
Bat .
Wahrah
In Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
S h a r s a h
below Bat.
Remarks.
large town,
and capital of
Dhahirah. Eleva
tion 1,180 ft.
There is a large
mosque- The place
is a trading centre
for Bedouin-
i. village on both
banks of Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. -ul-
Ain near its
junction
Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Sanaisal- It
is practically a
suburb of Ibri-
A small village-
(f) Eastern Hajar.—Is a tract of mountainous coun >
extending for about 120 miles from Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Semail and
tributaries on the north-west, to the Jebel Khami. rang
on the south -east- Its watershed which J c0 ^ u ^
with that of Western Hajar, is about oO miles from the
sea at the head of the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. _ ^ma.^ but. east^
tance from the coast diminishes until, m the neighbour
hood of Sur, the watershed approaches within 20 ™ lles
the sea There is no continuous coastal plain such as t
vdiid^ separates Western Ha jar from the co ast and for
some distance near Dagliman the foothills ot Easter
. ___ J- ~ 4-1.^
Ha jar stretch down to trie sea.
The hills maintain a comparatively hl S h
the greater part of the d^trict readi.ng O.260 feet at the
head of Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Tayin, and 6>300 fee^t vrdand of Knryat hut
beyond Sur they fall away to 2.000 feet and die
altogether at Ras -ul-Hadd.
The most important district of Eastern Hagrjs the
Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Semail; it is the most populous a p h ]i ; , ir t,
most important valley in the Sultanate. Jhe °ther imp
ant villages and settlements are all on the coast.

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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).

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1 volume (112 folios)

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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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English in Latin script

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Reference: 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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