Few seas are more prolific in fish than the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman; the great proportion of known species are edible and many have a commercial value for the isinglass or oil Shelly conglomerates and dead coral reefs of the littoral; red sandhills of the coast of Trucial Oman; alluvium of Turkish Iraq; river and lake deposits of Oman and the interior of Persia.
2
Horses are scarce in Oman and few are kept in Trucial Oman or in Bahrein or El Hasa.
3
Shortly afterwards a treaty was made with the Chief of Qatar, whereby his position was assimilated to that of the Trucial chiefs.
4
The Trucial chiefs of the Arabian coast hold sway between the peninsulas of Musandam and Qatar.