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'Arabia Intelligence Report' [24v] (48/52)
The record is made up of 1 volume (24 folios). It was created in 1941. 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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(4) Grovemment Establishments
There is no naval dockyard or repair base.
(5) Commercial Estabhshments . .. i <> z/jn paiions of
paraffin "at a cove in RIYAM Bay. The average quantities of stocks kept an .
Petrol 6,(XK) gallons.
Kerosene 12,000 gallons.
Small stocks are also kept in MUSCA f. MAKALLA,
\ Simolv of petrol and oil is maintained by the R.A.r . at the old coal aepor
approximately 20,000 gallons of petrol and 1,000 gallons ot minera
(7) Air FaciUties {see also Section IV (3)) 4 ^ west % MUSCAT town.
The R.A.F. landing ground is at BUI A - ^ o{ R A F landing grounds in the
territory'of fheVultaTand at ^Facili^ Agreement exists which gives facilities to British
airCr Th; harbour has a sheltered anchorage for seaplanes. Three seaplane buoys have been
established north-west of FORT MIRANI. .t MUSCAT to attend to the
A detachment of four airmen is maintained permanently at MUbLAi
wants of any aircraft that may call there.
Stocks of oil and petrol are maintained.
(8) War Material Factories
None.
S^ISS&SSt - c —
Ti SSL SS&njind
monthly. MTTQrAT and MATRAH with an extension inland
rfTTALFFLET 0 ! dfetenc^rsmitos." One coastal road is completed to the north as
to a ^HINA^uuibk for light cars only, and one towards SUR. This latter is only suitable
for wheeled traffic for miles (as far as KlAVl).
Inland transport is"carried on by means of pack animals and is expensive and difhcu t,
with oidy one pais^ through the rugged hills surrounding the town, to the interior.
Signal Communications \ n
A W/T station exists at MUSCAT belonging to the R.A.F., which works with BAOHUAL
and BASRA and with sloops. , . . ^ ^
C & W Ltd. Station. Telegraphy and telephony fixed, interior servic .
MUSCAT is connected by cable direct to KARACHI and to BUSHIRK, and is a
" reoeater " station. The Cable Office is just westward of the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
. ^xicr at
P I pnvate telephone line exists from the British
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
at MUSCAT to the MUSCAF
Levies barracks at BEIT AL tELEJ.
(12) Defences . attuaxtt
There are no modern defences of any kind. Old Portuguese forts exist at MIRAN
(Western) and JALALI (Eastern) heads of Muscat Cove on the eastern end of SIRA^AL
GHARBI and two on either side of the beach at the head of Matrah bay. J
ThTforts are " armed " with numerous muzzle-loading cannon, only six of which are
safe to hre, and these form the saluting battery at Fort Miram.
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This volume contains geographical and strategic information on Arabia and was produced by the Naval Staff Intelligence Department, October 1941.
It is divided into six sections: 'Policy', 'Strategy and Tactics', 'Economics' (folio 4) 'Geography and Topography' (folios 4v-10), 'Base Facilities and Maintenance of the Fleet' (folios 10v-11) and 'Ports, Anchorages and their Defences' including descriptions of several ports in the Region: Akaba, Bahrain, Doha, Hodeida and Ras Kethib, Jedda, Kamaran, Kuwait, Mukalla, and Muscat (folios 11v-25).
There is a 'List of Plans' of the ports (folio 3), but none of the plans listed are enclosed to the volume.
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- 1 volume (24 folios)
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Foliation: there is a foliation sequence, which is circled in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. It begins on the front cover, on number 1, and ends on the inside of the back cover, on number 26. There is also an original pagination, from 1-45.
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- 'Arabia Intelligence Report'
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- front, front-i, 2r:25v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence