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‘Persian Gulf pilot comprising the Persian Gulf and its approaches from Ras al Hadd, in the south-west, to Cape Monze, in the east.’ [‎132v] (269/404)

The record is made up of 199 folios. It was created in 1932. 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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202 PERSIAN GULF—SOUTH-WESTERN SIDE [Chap. VI.
Chart 2837b.
are several towers; immediately northward of it are some small
white sandhills.
A1 Ghariyah, situated at the northern end of the sandhills about
5 one mile northward of Fuwairat, is a deserted village in which are
the ruins of a large fort.
Ras Umm Hasah is situated about 6 miles north-north-westward
of Ras al Maruna; it rises to a rocky hillock, some 20 feet (6 m l)
high. The coastal reef extends about one mile off the point, and
10 the depths are reported to be shoal for some distance farther off.
Boats obtain shelter from the shamal close inshore southward of
the point.
Ras Rakan, situated about 8| miles north-westward of Ras Umm
Hasah, is the north-western extremity of a narrow islet about 2
15 miles in length; the greater part of the islet is less than one cable
wide, very low, and with tufts of grass upon it; at its western end,
however, is an extension that increases its width to about one mile.
The islet lies about one mile within the edge of the coastal reef
that fringes the northern end of the peninsula of Qatar and about
20 miles off the coast of the latter, from which it can be reached,
at low water, by wading. Native boats shelter southward of the
islet. The 5-fathom (9 m l) line lies about 3| miles northward of
Ras Rakan, and there is a 2f-fathom {5 m 0) patch about 2 miles
north-north-westward of the point.
25 A small rocky mound, that is conspicuous from seaward, stands
on the mainland, about 2| miles south-eastward of Ras Rakan.
Ar Ruwais, not shown on chart 2837b but situated about 2^
miles southward of Ras Rakan {Lat. 26° 11' NLong. 51° 13' E.),
is a small town, the northernmost on the peninsula of Qatar; when
30 approaching from northward, it becomes visible before Ras Rakan
is sighted.
Chart 748b.

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Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. pilot comprising the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and its approaches, from Ras al Hadd, in the south-west, to Cape Monze, in the east. Published for the Hydrographic Department of the Admiralty by His Majesty’s Stationery Office, London, 1932. Eighth edition.

The pilot begins with a number of introductory sections:

  • Notice of caution when approaching British ports, including the closure of ports and examination of vessels entering ports (folio 1v, inside front cover);
  • Notations of supplements and annual summaries of notices to mariners relating to this book (folio 2);
  • Cautionary notes on the measurements, including those for (bearings, longitude, latitude, depth) given in the pilot, and the different methods of shading used to indicate colours of flags, tidal light signals and beacons in the pilot (folio 5);
  • Advertisement to the eighth edition (folio 6) providing an outline history of the pilot, and updates to the latest edition;
  • Contents page (folios 7v-8), referring to the pilot’s pagination;
  • A list of views (illustrations), with reference to the pilot’s pagination (folio 8v);
  • A glossary of terms (folio 9), organised alphabetically, and with an indication of their origin (Arabic, Baluchi, Hindustani, Persian);
  • Notes on the system of orthography (folios 10-11);
  • Information relating to Admiralty charts and other hydrographic publications and general navigation (folios 12-19), with sections on the correction of Admiralty charts, and their degree of reliance, navigational publications, including the Admiralty lists of lights and wireless signals, tide tables, and general remarks relating to practical navigation;
  • A map of the head of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , dated July 1932, indicating those areas covered by Admiralty charts (folio 20v);
  • A map of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and Gulf of Oman, dated July 1932, with an indication of those areas covered by Admiralty charts mentioned in the pilot (folio 21v);
  • An insert (folio 22) detailing those elements not included in the present volume.

The main body of the pilot is arranged in chapters and appendices as follows:

Throughout the main chapters there are illustrations of the parts of the coastline being discussed by the accompanying text. These illustrations, which are a mix of line drawing and reproductions of watercolours, indicate the profile of the land, and highlight distinctive topographical features such as trees and forts.

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199 folios
Arrangement

The pilot is arranged into eight chapters (I-VIII) and five appendices (I-V). The arrangement of chapters is geographical, moving from the easternmost point of the Gulf in chapter II to the westermost point in chapter VIII. The contents page (ff 7-8) and alphabetically ascending index (ff 182-93) refer to the pilot’s pagination system.

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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 199.

Pagination: There are two printed pagination systems, which generally situate numbers in the top-left corner of versos and the top-right corner of rectos. The first, which uses Roman numerals, runs through the pilot’s introductory pages (ff 6-19). The second pagination system uses Arabic numerals, and runs through the remainder of the pilot (ff 23-197).

The number of each chapter is indicated throughout the chapter (expressed as ‘Chap.’ and the chapter number as a Roman numeral) in the top-left corner of rectos and the top-right corner of versos. The lines of text on each page in each chapter are numbered in intervals of five (i.e. 5, 10, etc.)

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‘Persian Gulf pilot comprising the Persian Gulf and its approaches from Ras al Hadd, in the south-west, to Cape Monze, in the east.’ [‎132v] (269/404), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/20/C251, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023623199.0x000046> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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