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'Military Report on the Arabian Shores of the Persian Gulf, Kuwait, Bahrein, Hasa, Qatar, Trucial Oman and Oman' [125] (139/226)
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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CHAP. IV.—RESOURCES. 1^5
Oman.
1. General. —The local resources in Oman are, for prac
tical purposes, negligible. The country is barren in the
extreme and except for dates and fuel, both of which are
largely exported, produces nothing. The aridity or t e
soil except in a few places in the Batinah, and ttiere m
mere patches, will not support the growth of cereals. These
are imported from India, in quantities sufficient on iy ' or
the needs of the population. A force landing m Oman
would therefore be dependent for all supplies, except fuel,
on an overseas base.
2. Vegetables. —^Vegetables are grown in quantities
sufficient for local consumption at Ruwi near Matrah, but
the supply of vegetables at other places is negligible. A
limited quantity is available at Kurayat, Sur, Sib, and
Sohar, in which'places cultivation could be extended. Ruwi
supplies vegetables for the markets of Matrah and Muscat
and as, it has a large water supply the cultivation of vege
tables could be extended.
The undermentioned vegetables are obtainable at Matrah
and Muscat. Brinjal, broad beans, pumpkin, cucumber,
water melon, melon.
3. Fuel. —The main source of supply of fuel is the
Batinah coast. Wood is exported from here to the Trucial
Coast and to Persian ports. The acacia bush called
" sumr " grows everywhere and is used as fuel.
4. Grazing. —There is no grazing for horses. Small
quantities of lucerne are obtainable at Ruwi, Sur, and
Kuryat,- Camel grazing is to be found in most parts of
the country.
5. Cattle.—There are no supplies of cattle. The few
heads there are, are used for drawing water from wells, and
are chiefly to be seen along the Batinah. Goats are fairly
plentiful: the local supply being supplemented by imports
from the Makran coast.
6. Transport. —For boats and shipping available see
Appendix III.
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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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- '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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