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'File 35/64 Mineral deposits in Dhofar' [13v] (30/126)
The record is made up of 1 volume (54 folios). It was created in 23 Jun 1943. 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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1
Morah ..
Nahr ..
Naqb
Nasb, Nasib
Nets
Qa'la(t)
Qalib (pi. Qulban)
Qarn (pi, Qurun)
Qasr (pi. Qusur)
Qauz (pi. Qizan)
Qoz
Qubba ..
Rahad ..
Ramla{t)
Raqaba
Ras
Rigl ..
cattle enclosure,
canal, river,
water-hole, but
after a name
means Pass,
bluff (hills),
sand.
flat-topped hill,
fort,
unlined well,
projecting hill,
also a spring,
fort, castle,
high rounded
sand hill,
sand ridge,
holy man's tomb,
lake.
rolling sand
hills,
stream trending
inland,
cape, headland,
small stream.
Rijm
Rih
Sabkha{t)
Sahdb ..
Saraf ..
Sha'ib ..
Shaqa ..
Sham ..
Shatt ..
Sheik ..
Sheqqa{t) (pi. Shiqaq)
Sub-wilayat
Suq
Tell
T umud
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
..
Zalat ..
depres-
marsh.
cairn,
wind,
saline
sion,
cloud.
running stream,
dry water
course,
large crack in
soil holding
water,
cove,
river,
chief.
a
wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
-like de
pression in the
sand,
small district,
market,
hill.
water-hole,
large dry water
course,
outcrop of rock.
The subject of spelling names has arisen in the case of this Report in two
particular instances—BaW which perhaps should be written Baleed and Mahmulah
which the Sultan writes as Ma'amoorah.
vi
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The file contains two items. The first is 'A note on the Dhufar Province, Southern Arabia' by Gordon Noel Jackson dated 23rd June, 1943, Kuwait. This typed note is 8 pages and has sections on topography; climate; people; economy and finance; agriculture; administration; airport; security; of scientific interest; sport.
The file also includes a 78 page printed report on 'The geology and mineral resources of Dhofar province, Muscat and Oman' by Sir Cyril S Fox. This report includes introductory remarks; physical geography; details of tour; geological considerations; economic minerals; industrial possibilities. The printed report includes a sketch map of Dhofar.
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- 1 volume (54 folios)
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Foliation starts on first page of volume and continues to last page. Foliation in pencil in encircled numbers in top right corner of recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. . Alternative foliation system starts with 34 on f.1 and continues to f.8. ff.9-54 are a booklet; f.55 is the envelope for the booklet. Additional foliation on 4 slips pasted into the booklet (18A, 20A, 21A, 26A).
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- IOR/R/15/1/398
- Title
- 'File 35/64 Mineral deposits in Dhofar'
- Pages
- 9r:10v, 11r:54v
- Author
- Fox, Sir Cyril S
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