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'PERSIAN GULF AND GULF OF OMAN. RESOURCES AND COAST DEFENCES.' [44] (50/114)
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.
Landing presents no difficulties at high water; at low watar
the best landing place is N. of the E. angle of the fort at the
village.
Supplies. Water. —Excellent water is easily procurable from wells close
to the beach near the villao;e.
Food. —A few cattle and some vegetables, &c., may be
obtained.
There are some antelope among the hills.
Old fort. There is no information as to the old fort at the N.E. point of
the island.
Note. —Kharag Island was occupied by British troops on
4th December 1856, preliminary to the attack on Bushire (which
surrendered on the 10th December).
According to a special report made in 1900, the island
possesses no site suitable for a naval or coaling station, and
would be difficult to defend from sea-attack.
BUSHIRE (ABIT SHAHS or ABU SHEHR).
{^See Admiralty Charts 27 and 2,837b, with
inset
A small map or other image enclosed within the margin of a larger map, map sheet, or larger image; or papers placed inside a book or archival volume.
).
Passage
distances.
Harbour.
Bushire is the principal sea-port of Persia and occupies the
low N. end of an extensive peninsula. The town extends for
half-a-mile from the point.
The streets are narrow and dirty, and the houses poorly built
of inferior stone.
In 1898 the population was stated to be about 15,000 (chiefly
Arabs and Persians).
In 1901 the value of the exports was 573,649/., of the imports
1,631,478/.
112 steamers and 515 sailing vessels entered the port.*
There Is a Persian governor under the Prince of Fars.
Bushire is the headquarters of the British
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
.
The approximate distance of Bushire from-
Bahrein Harbour
Bassidu
Bombay
Fao
Khor Abdalla (head of)
Khor-ash-Shem
Kishm Town
Ivoweit
- is
163 miles.
338 „
1,445 „
134 „
150 „
380 „
380 „
148 „
The harbour consists of a belt of deep water lying between the
inner and outer banks, to the W. and N.W. of the town.
<!i Figures for 1902 :—Exports, 348,202Z. ; imports, 1,179,996^. ; decrease
due to trade depression. 138 steamers (155,392 tons) and 605 sailing
vessels (19,400 tons) entered the port.
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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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