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'PERSIAN GULF AND GULF OF OMAN. RESOURCES AND COAST DEFENCES.' [‎45] (51/114)

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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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bushire. 45
The inner anchorage is rather over 2 miles N.N.W. of the
town. The largest vessel which has used this anchorage drew
19^ feet.
Lio-ht draught boats reach the embankment on the E. side of
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the town by the Khor Sultani.
Shallow draught gunboats frequently enter this creek and
anchor near the town.
In 1880, there were two stone piers on the E. side of the town Landing
at which boats of 100 to 200 "candies" could load, &c. And place,
there were several extensive warehouses close by.
In 1898, however (according to the " Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Pilot"),
there were no wharves or piers, but there was a landing place at
the embankment on the E. side of the town.
According to a press account (3 902), a visitor stated that
cargo can be brought alongside the Custom House (presumably
on the embankment mentioned above), in boats in almost any
weather, provided that the boats can get out to the steamers.
It is understood that there are no facilities for repairs. No repairing
raeuities.
Coal. —There is no coal for sale. Supplies.
The British Government keep a stock sufficient for 2| years
(average consumption) for the Royal Navy. It is stored in
sheds on the embankment of the creek, and is sent off to ships
by lighters. According to a consular report for 1900, the
lighterage for general purposes was very limited, and it was
believed that the customs authorities were negotiating for the
formation of a private steam barge company.
Water. —There is no water in the town. It has to be brought
from wells outside.
Water is found 12 feet down all over the plain S. of the
town.
Ships can obtain water from the well near the date trees,
half-mile S. of Has ash Shaghab (a little over 4 miles S. of
the town).
In 1856 good water sufficient for a large force was found at
Juffra, a little under 3 miles S. of the town.
Food. —Cattle, vegetables, &c., are easily obtained.
Roads. —Chart 27 shows the various tracks in the vicinity of Communica-
the town, and the direction of the caravan routes to Shiraz and tions.
the interior.
Plate 3 (opposite p. 86) shows the extensions of the chief
caravan route to the interior.
The distance to Shiraz is about 180 miles.
Steamers.-—The Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. mail steamers between Basra
and India call weekly on the up and down voyages. There are
other steamers to Indian and European ports.
A Russian service between Bushire and Odessa has not met
with much success hitherto, but it is being assisted by the
Russian Government.

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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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