'File 3/4 BOOKS ETC: ROUTES IN OMAN'

Title:

'File 3/4 BOOKS ETC: ROUTES IN OMAN'

Date:

1930/1940

Description:

Abstract: The file contains descriptions of eleven routes in Muscat and Oman, and the Trucial Coast, drawing on various sources of information. The entry for each route gives a general description, the distance, and the number of stages/approximate travelling time. The routes are:Dibah to Ras al KhaimahAbu Dhabi to BaraimiMahot to MutiMinhah to 'IbriSur to MinhahUmm al Qawain to FujairahDibai [Dubai] to ShinasSharjah to MurairSib to MutiSohar to Baraimi.The sources of information include journeys undertaken and information collected by British officers (with dates), especially Major Percy Zachariah Cox and Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Barrett Miles; the Persian Gulf Gazetteer(1908); and native information.The descriptions include details of settlements, inhabitants, topography, vegetation, caravan routes, water supply, fuel and fodder, forts and similar structures, and cultivation and livestock. Typescript, with occasional manuscript notes in red ink containing queries about the information provided.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 36; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Travel

Geographic region:

Oman

Rights:

رخصة حكومة مفتوحة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000831.0x000325_ar
81055/vdc_100000000831.0x000325_en
IOR/R/15/6/125
IOR/R/15/6/125

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