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'PERSIAN GULF AND GULF OF OMAN. RESOURCES AND COAST DEFENCES.' [38] (44/114)
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.
No defences. There are no modern defences at Basra.
The town is partially walled in.
Garrison. The normal garrison consisted in 1896 of two battalions of
infantry.
During the last few years large numbers of troops have been
concentrated from time to time at Basra, in connection with
the disturbances in the neighbourhood of Koweit.
In March 1902, the following troops were stationed at Basra
and outstations :—
Basra and Zobeir (10 miles distant) :
1,500 infantry, 1 battery field artillery, 300 cavalry (on
mules) ,100 Sappers, &c.
Detached from Zobeir to Safwan, Umkasr, and Bublyan island
{see pp. 28, 29, and 30) :—
350 infantry, 50 cavalry.
At that time it was thought that the number of troops might
be increased and two more posts established (presumably at
Sabiya and Arafajiya) {see p. 31).
During the summer of 1902 the garrisons at Safwan, Umkasr,
and Bubiyan island, were reduced to 60 at the two former, and
10 at the latter.
Note. —The Pashalik of Basra forms part of the Vilayet of
Baghdad.
Baghdad is the military centre and is the headquarters of the
11th Division (6th Ordu), which consists of 17 battalions, 15
squadrons, 16 batteries of field artillery, and 3 batteries of
mountain artillery.
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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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- 'PERSIAN GULF AND GULF OF OMAN. RESOURCES AND COAST DEFENCES.'
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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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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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