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'PERSIAN GULF AND GULF OF OMAN. RESOURCES AND COAST DEFENCES.' [11] (15/114)
The record is made up of 56 folios. It was created in 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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PERSIAN GULF
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
and
GOLF OF OMAN.
RESOURCES AND COAST DEFENCES, 1903.
INTRODUCTORY NOTE.
Information extracted from the "
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Pilot," 1898,
forms the groundwork of this Report, especially as regards
geographical details, supplies of food, &c.
As far as existing information allows, all places of special
interest on the coast line of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
and Gulf of Oman
have been noticed, but as portions of the coast are very little
known, it is possible that further points of interest may be dis
closed by surveys now (1903) in progress.
The Report embodies a great deal of the available information
tending to throw light on the naval, military, and political value
of the various places described, but it will be observed that in
many cases our local knowledge is very incomplete; indeed,
one of the chief objects of the Report is to draw attention to
this fact, in order that the deficiency may be remedied. Both
in the course of the Report and in the Historical Notes of the
Appendix, some record has been made of the more important
British operations by land and sea in this region. British
authority has been supreme in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
since the end
of the 18th century, and previous to the Persian War of 1856-57
there were several small expeditions besides that of 1819-20,
but from want of detailed information it has not been possible
to describe them.
MASKAT (MUSCAT).
(See Admiralty Charts, 2869, 10c, 38, and 2837 a.)
Maskat is situated near the E. point of Arabia. It is the
capital of the Sultanate of Oman, and an important trading
port. The government has treaties with Great Britain, France,
and the Unitel States.
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Printed report published by the Intelligence Department of the Admiralty, 1903. The report includes advice on collecting information on defences such as defended areas, minefields, ordnance, under-water defences. 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. Report, 1898.
There are details on Muscat; Mussandam Promontory; Khor Kawi [Khawr al Quway‘], Elphinstone Inlet [Khawr ash Shamm], Khasab; Pirate Coast; Bahrain; Kuwait; Fao [Al Fāw]; Basra; Bushire; Lingah; Bundar Abbas [Bandar Abbas].
Also included is 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, May 5, 1903.
Maps include: rough sketch of operations in the vicinity and Bushire from the 3rd to the 10th February 1857 (Reproduced from Outram's Persian Campaign 1857); sketch of the attack on the batteries of Mohumra [Khorramshahr]: combined naval and military forces under command of Sir James Outram; sketch of the ground in the neighbourhood of Ahwaz [Ahvāz] on the Karun [Kārūn], showing the position occupied by the Persian Army, and the advance of the British detachment upon the town, March 1857. At the back of the report there is a large fold-out map: General Outline Map of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. showing Submarine Cables and the Principal Places mentioned in the Report.
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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 a map that is stored in a sleeve at the back of the volume, on number 57.
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- front, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1:12, 12a:12b, 13:62, 62a:62b, 63:78, 78a:78b, 79:86, 86a:86b, 87:88, 88a:88d, 89:94, ii-r:ii-v, back-i, back
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