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'PERSIAN GULF AND GULF OF OMAN. RESOURCES AND COAST DEFENCES.' [16] (22/114)
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.
.—resources and defences.
point is about 600 feet above the water level. The island is
barren, without water or inhabitants.
Opposite the S. end of A1 Ghanam, on the mainland, is the
small cove called Gharum, at the head of which is a valley with
date plantations. A little to the S. of Gharum cove is a village
called Kabba,
doubtful ^ ^ ere n0 ^ n ^ orma ^ on as to supplies of food or water.
Naval value. According to a special report made in 1900, Khor Kawi is not
at all suitable as a harbour for the purpose of forming a
naval and coaling station, but it would form a convenient shelter
for small craft and torpedo boats using Khor-ash Shem (9 miles
S.) as a base.
Passage
distances.
Harbour.
Water.
KHOR-ASH-SHEM (Elphinstone Inlet).
{See Admiralty Charts 753 and 2837 a.)
Khor-ash-Shem is an exteusive inlet on the TV. side
Musandam Promontory, about 9 miles S. of Khor Kawi.
The approximate distance of Khor-ash-Shem from—
of
Bahrein Harbour
Bassidu
Bombay
Bushire
Cape Jashk
Duhat Haifa
Fao
Henjam
Hormuz
Khor Abdalla (head of)
Kishm Town
Koweit
Maskat
- is
309 miles.
70 „
1,065 „
380 „
105 „
70 „
494 „
35 „
55 „
512 „
45 „
496 „
223 ..
Khor-ash-Shem is fully described in the "
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Pilot," 1898.
The following information is taken from a special report
made in 1900 :—
Ihis is a splendid land-locked harbour, with a narrow winding
entrance. It would take any number of large ships, the water
being very deep.
The best anchorage is in a bay S. of Telegraph Island.
A plentiful supply of good water can be obtained by sinking
artesian wells. the " Pilot ^ for existing native wells.)
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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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