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'PERSIAN GULF AND GULF OF OMAN. RESOURCES AND COAST DEFENCES.' [‎51] (57/114)

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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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Pending delimitation, British jurisdiction is provisionally
restucted to the elevated ground, the S. boundary of which is
laintly outlined on Admiralty Chart 35, immediately S. of the
word " Bassidu."
This includes the ruined village of Singao, which lies N. of
letter " e " in <4 anchorage " on 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. Chart 35.
Hie village of Nakhlistan (or Old Bassidore), together with
Jie supposed^ site of the old Portuguese fort at " Kalat Haji
Vaum (? Kalat Hajji Karitu), lie outside the provisional
boundary, but may have been included in the original
concession.
The approximate distance of Bassidu from-
A1 Katif
Bahrein Harbour -
Bombay
Bushire
Cape Jashk -
Duhat Haffa
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Henjam
Hormuz
Khor Abdalla (head
Khor-ash-Shem
Kishm Town
Xoweit
Maskat
The anchorage 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. It is understood that another approach has been
disco\ ered, which will enable ships of greater draught to reach
the anchoracje.
There is a jetty extending to low-water mark. Accordino- to
a 1 ress account (1902) the masonry is in good repair, but landino-
is inconvenient, except at high water.
There are at present no facilities for repairs.
There aie several old buildings at Bassidu which were used
by the garrison up to 1883. They were reported on inFebruarv
1900 as follows :—
(1.) " Major Smith's " house stands on a small cliff 15 to 20
feet above the sea close to the jetty. It was falling
into ruin in 1900, and was considered hardly worth
repair, as the sea is undermining the cliff on which it
stands.
(2.) A ruined bungalow similar in plan to " Major Smith's "
house is situated i mile S.W. The flagstaff from
which the British flag is habitually flown is close to
this building.
(3.) The workshop in 1900 was roofless. It contained only
an old turning lathe and the remains of a foro-e.
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Passage
distances.
Anchorajje.
Landing
place.
No repairing
facilities.
Old buildings
at Bassidu.

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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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56 folios
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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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