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IOR/R/15/6/125
- Record Id:
- 040-000242616
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000242469
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000831.0x000325
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100055147758.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/6/125
- Title:
- File 3/4 BOOKS ETC: ROUTES IN OMAN
- Scope & Content:
-
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 Khaimah
- Abu Dhabi to Baraimi
- Mahot to Muti
- Minhah to 'Ibri
- Sur to Minhah
- Umm al Qawain to Fujairah
- Dibai [Dubai] to Shinas
- Sharjah to Murair
- Sib to Muti
- Sohar 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.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000209245
033-000227426
036-000242469
037-000242557
038-000242612
040-000242616 - Is part of:
- IOR/R : India Office Records transferred later through official channels
IOR/R/15 : Records of the British Residency and Agencies in the Persian Gulf
IOR/R/15/6 : Political Agency, Muscat
IOR/R/15/6/70-472 : Muscat Agency, Subject Files
IOR/R/15/6/122-127 : File 3 Books and Publications
IOR/R/15/6/125 : File 3/4 BOOKS ETC: ROUTES IN OMAN - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0006]/036-000242469[0003]/037-000242557[0003]/038-000242612[0004]/040-000242616
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (34 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000831.0x000325
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1930
- End Date:
- 1940
- Date Range:
- c 1935
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- 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.
- Former External References:
- Subject files: File 3/4
- Arrangement:
-
A list of the routes described appears on folio 3.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)