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'PERSIAN GULF AND GULF OF OMAN. RESOURCES AND COAST DEFENCES.' [43] (49/114)
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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kiior mtsa—dilam—kharag island.
43
KHOR MUSA.
{See Admiralty Chart 2,837 b and Map 1 in Pocket.)
Khor Musa lies to the E. of the Shatt-al-Arab mouth, the
direct distance of Kabr (an islet in the mouth of the Khor) from
Fao Fort, being about 32 miles. 7 miles N. of Kabr, the Khor
divides into two branches. The E. brancl\ retains the name
of Musa for about 17 miles, when it in turn divides into two
branches, viz., Khor Mashur and Khor Dorak, The W. branch
is called Khor Bukhader, and extends to a point close to the
course of the Karun River.
The Khor Musa has only recently been explored, and as yet
few details have been received * It appears, however, that a
defensible naval station could perfectly well be established on
the Khor. There is plenty of water, and the approach from the
sea would be difficult to an enemy. The surrounding country
is fertile and populous, and its generally level nature would
facilitate railway construction.
The anchorages used by the " Sphinx" during a visit in 1903
are marked by anchors on Map 1.
DILAM.
{See Admiralty Chart 2,837b and Map 1 in Pocket.)
According to a report of June 1903 the seaport of Dilam,
situated about 58 miles E. of the entrance to Khor Musa, is in
telegraphic communication with Bushire by an overland wire.
Dilam has about 1,000 inhabitants. Considerable quantities of
grain are exported.
KHARAG ISLAND.
{See Admiralty Chart 2,837 b , and
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Kharag Island is about 30 miles W.N.W. of Bushire, and is
under the governor of that town.
It is 4 miles long (N. and S.) by about 2 miles broad. The
highest point is 284 feet above the sea.
The only place of interest is the village at the N.E. point,
which contains about 400 men, mostly fishermen.
For distances see under Bushire, p. 44. Distances.
There is only an open roadstead off the village, protected from Anchorage,
winds between N. and W. It is unsafe when S. and S.E. gales &c.
set in.
* A detailed report has since been received. The anchorage marked
(3) on Map 1 is considered the most suitable site for a harbour. The
Khor Bukhader is navigable for any draught ship, but narrow. At
anchorage (3) the depth is 5i fathoms in the centre, and the channel is
about 400 yards wide.
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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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