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Notes to Chapter Five

9 According to Lorimer, Geogr., p. 263. there were, for instance, about a
hundred horses belonging to the Ruler of Abu Dhabi, usually kept in the
Buraimi Oasis, and some fifty horses belonging to other people.
10 A specimen of a wooden plough is kept in the museum at al 'Ain.
11 Gazella gazclla arahica. See David L. Harrison. Mammals of Arabia, vol.
2. p. 350ff. Within this species the local population distinguish several
subspecies by the colouring of their coats; dhabi is light brown to white;
damani is reddish brown; rim is another name also applied to the
whitish gazelle.
12 According to Philby, H. St f.B., The Empty Quarter, London 1933, p. 78.
Some oryx (oryx leucoryx pallas, Harrison, Mammals, vol. 2, pp. 344ff)
are still reported to live on the southern and south-eastern borders of
the Rub' al Khali.
13 See Harrison, Mammals, vol. 2, pp. 334ff.
14 The local methods of hunting wild birds of prey are described in detail
in Abu 'Adara, SaTd Salman, Al Sukur (Falcons), Amman, 1977. See
also Zaid Bin Sultan Al Nahayan, Falconry as a Sport. Our Arab
Heritage, Abu Dhabi, 1976. published in English and Arabic for the
occasion of a conference on falconry and the conservation of wildlife, in
December 1976 in Abu Dhabi. The content of the book is taken largely
from interviews with H.H. The President of the UAE, Shaikh Zayid bin
Sultan, about traditional falconry. An enthusiastic description of a
month of hunting with shahln and salucp in Dhafrah is given by
Thesiger, Arabian Sands, pp. 271-5.
15 Harrison, Mammals, vol. 2, pp. 337ff (picture on p. 340).
16 See FAO Technical Advisory Mission, Agricultural Development in the
United Arab Emirates: report on the present position, prospects and
priorities, Cairo, 1973, p. 135. In 1969 the Trucial States Council's
estimate of annual production was only 7,000 tons. For an enumeration
of species see White, A. W. and Barwani, M.A., Common Sea Fishes of the
Arabian Gulf and Gulf of Oman. Trucial States Council, vol. I, Dubai,
1971.
17 Trucial States Council, Report 1969, p. 17. In the northern emirates and
Dubai. 11.257 people were counted as working in agriculture and
fisheries during the 1968 census; 5,635 of these stated that they were
self-employed. From this, K. Fenelon, The Trucial States, estimated that
there were about 7,000 people who could be called fishermen in all the
Trucial States including Abu Dhabi. In the report on fisheries of 1972,
6,445 nationals were listed as fishermen for the UAE excluding Abu
Dhabi (1,545 living in Fujairah. 1,404 in Ra’s al Khaimah). See While,
A.W. and Barwani, M.A., A Survey of the United Arab Emirates
Fisheries Resources 1969-71, Dubai, 1972.
previously let for 300 Rupees per year to someone called
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