'PERSIAN GULF AND GULF OF OMAN. RESOURCES AND COAST DEFENCES. 1903.'
IOR/L/PS/20/64
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The record is made up of 1 volume (55 folios). It was created in Sep 1903. 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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The file contains a printed report published by the 'Admiralty, Intelligence Department (No. 694). September 1903.', providing a compilation of available information of naval, military and political value about various locations in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and the Gulf of Oman. Places described include Muscat, Mussandam Promontory, Khor Kawi [Khawr al Quway‘], Elphinstone Inlet [Khawr ash Shamm], Khasab, Pirate Coast [Arabian Coast], Bahrain, Kuwait, Fao [Al Fāw], Basra, Mohammerah [Khorramshahr], Bushire, Lingah and Bundar Abbas [Bandar Abbas].
Much of the information was extracted from the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Pilot, 1898. The report also includes an 'Official statement of British Policy with regard to (1) the proposed Baghdad Railway; and (2) Persia and the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. generally' given in the House of Lords, 5 May 1903; and advice on collecting information on defences such as defended areas, minefields, ordnance and under-water defences.
Two hand-stamps appear on the front cover and on folio 3, which read, 'War Office Library 27 Nov 1903', and, 'Mobilization and Intelligence Dept. 27 Nov 1903'.
The volume contains seven maps.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (55 folios)
- It is grouped into
- 2 imagesRef: IOR/L/PS/20/64, f 342 imagesRef: IOR/L/PS/20/64, f 432 imagesRef: IOR/L/PS/20/64, f 482 imagesRef: IOR/L/PS/20/64, f 501 imageRef: IOR/L/PS/20/64, f 51v2 imagesRef: IOR/L/PS/20/64, f 552 imagesRef: IOR/L/PS/20/64, f 56
- Arrangement
The volume contains a frontispiece (f 3) followed by a table of contents (f 4), a list of maps and plates (f 6), a report divided into thirty-seven sections (ff 8-36), an appendix divided into seven sections (ff 36-52), an index to principal places (ff 52-53), and a map pocket holding two maps at the end (f 57).
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 57; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
Pagination: an original printed pagination sequence is present in parallel throughout.
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- English in Latin script
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- Archival file
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- 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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- Archive reference
- IOR/L/PS/20/64
- Former external reference(s)
- 5A15 F.3/218
- Date(s)
- Sep 1903 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Persian GulfGulf of Oman
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- Admiralty, Naval Intelligence Department
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- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/20/64, f 34
- Title
- 'CAPE JASHK (Gulf of Oman)'
- Pages
- 34r:34v
- Author
- Admiralty, Naval Intelligence Department
- Usage terms
- Public Domain
- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/20/64, f 43
- Title
- 'MAP SHOWING PROPOSED BAGHDAD RAILWAY'
- Pages
- 43r:43v
- Author
- Admiralty, Naval Intelligence Department
- Usage terms
- Public Domain
- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/20/64, f 48
- Title
- 'Rough Sketch of Operations in the Vicinity of BUSHIRE from the 3rd. to the 10th. Feby. 1857.'
- Pages
- 48r:48v
- Author
- Admiralty, Naval Intelligence Department
- Usage terms
- Public Domain
- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/20/64, f 50
- Title
- 'Rough Sketch of the attack on the Batteries of MOHUMRA by the combined Naval and Military Forces under command of Lt. Genl Sir James Outram. March 26th. 1857.'
- Pages
- 50r:50v
- Author
- Admiralty, Naval Intelligence Department
- Usage terms
- Public Domain
- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/20/64, f 51v
- Title
- 'Sketch of the Ground in the Neighbourhood of AHWAZ ON THE KARUN. showing the position occupied by the PERSIAN ARMY, and the advance of the BRITISH DETACHMENT upon the Town, March 1857.'
- Pages
- 51v
- Author
- Admiralty, Naval Intelligence Department
- Usage terms
- Public Domain
- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/20/64, f 55
- Title
- 'GENERAL OUTLINE MAP OF THE PERSIAN GULF Showing Submarine Cables and the Principal Places mentioned in the Report.'
- Pages
- 55r:55v
- Author
- Admiralty, Naval Intelligence Department
- Usage terms
- Public Domain
- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/20/64, f 56
- Title
- 'ROUGH MAP OF THE COUNTRY AROUND KOWEIT. (PERSIAN GULF) (Not drawn to Scale) by Captain E.A Simons R N.(1902).'
- Pages
- 56r:56v
- Author
- Admiralty, Naval Intelligence Department
- Usage terms
- Public Domain
- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/20/64
- Title
- 'PERSIAN GULF AND GULF OF OMAN. RESOURCES AND COAST DEFENCES. 1903.'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:8v, 9ar:9av, 9r:33v, 35r:42v, 44r:47v, 49r:49v, 51r, 52r:54v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence