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'PERSIAN GULF AND GULF OF OMAN. RESOURCES AND COAST DEFENCES.' [‎12] (16/114)

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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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12 PERSIAN gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . — KESOURCES AND DEFENCES.
Passage
distances.
Statistics.
Communica
tions.
Harbour.
No repairing
facilities.
Although Maskat itself lies without the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , the
territory of the Sultan of Oman extends nominally to its
southern shore.
The history of Oman is closely connected with that of the
Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , and the influence of the Sultan is still to some
extent a factor in Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. affairs.
The approximate distance of Maskat from—
Aden
Bassidu
Bombay
Cape Jashk
Duhat Haifa
Karachi
Khor- ash-Shem
Kishm Town
is 1,140 miles.
„ 280 „
„ 850 „
V 130 „
„ 175 „
„ 480 „
„ 223 „
.> 235
Maskat, together with the neighbouring town of A1 Matra (on
Matra Bay) and the adjacent villages, may approximately contain
30,000 inhabitants.
During the year 1900-01 (according to the Statesman's Year
Book) the trade figures* were as follows :—
Imports - - - $3,365,883
Exports - - - $1,359,893
Total vessels entered and cleared 464, tonnage 193,380, ot
which 242 with tonnage 165,237 were British.
Much of the trade is in the hands of Hindu merchants.
Roads. —Chart 2869 shows the roads and tracks in the vicinity
of Maskat. There is no exact information beyond this, but it
is understood that there are no important routes from iViaskat
direct to the interior.
Steamers. — There is a fortnightly mail service with India and
the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , conducted by the British India Steam Naviga
tion Company.
Cable. —A cable to Jashk was laid in 1901 by the Indo-
European Telegraph Company (length 218 sea miles).
The harbour lies between Maskat Island and the mainland,
and is known as Maskat Cove. It is open to the N.N.W.
The gap between the S. end of Maskat Island and the
mainland is barred by a small island, N. of which is a narrow
passage with only one foot of water at low tide.
The length of the Cove (N.N.W. and S.S.E.) is about 1,500
yards. The width at the entrance is nearly 1,000 yards. At
the head, off the town, it is about 300 yards. About half-way
up the Cove, a point projecting from the W. shore diminishes
the width to 500 yards.
It is believed that there are no facilities for repairs at
present.
0 The rate of exchange of the dollar was not stated.

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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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