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'Military Report on the Arabian Shores of the Persian Gulf, Kuwait, Bahrein, Hasa, Qatar, Trucial Oman and Oman' [161] (175/226)
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. IX.—ROUTES—KUWAIT
161
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ROUTE NO. 6.
KUWAIT to RIYADH.
Distance-:—319 miles.
cars.
This route follows a general direction of south-west by
Jh X through the districts of Adan Sa^u, Huzam
Qtirl ascending slightly it enters the Summan. 1 assmg
through the Summan the sand hiHs. of the Dahanah deser
50 miles wide is entered. Leaving > the Dahanah the dis
trict of TJrmah is reached through its western hulwaiks
hills.
Miles.
Detailed Report. 1
MALAH: see Route No. V.
SUBATHIYAH: see Route No. V.
WAFRA: wells 12 feet deep.
HABAH: 2 wells good water at 150 feet.
HAFAR-AL-AKS: 12 wells with good
water at 80 feet.
RUMHIYAH; wells with water at
200 feet, a branch track runs off via
Majma' and the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Wutar to Sidus-
.90 miles.
45 281 BANBAN; water plentiful at 15 feet.
38 319 RIYADH.
There is an alternative route.
KUWAIT to WAFRA via LAQIT where are 50 wells of
slightly brackish water and from WAFRA via W T ABRAH
84 miles south by west from Kuwait instead of HABAH.
But this is rarely used as the Wabrah water is inferior to
that of Habah.
Inter
Total.
mediate.
15
15
18
33
24
57
110
167
145
212
24
236
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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'
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- 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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