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'Précis on naval arrangements in the Persian Gulf, 1862-1905' [‎4] (12/64)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (30 folios). It was created in 1906. 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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J .-—Statement of the survey work done hy the officers of the Bombay Marine The navy of the East India Company. and Indian Navy m the
Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ,
Officers employed.
Lieutenant Robimon and
Lieutenant Porter (in the
Pox),
L'eutenant
Cluer.
John Mc-
Captain Guy with Cap
tain Brucks.
Captain Brucks with
Lieutenants Haines,
Kempthorne, Cogan,
Pinching-, Ethersey,
VVhitelock and Lynch.
Captain Brucks
Lieutenant Kempthorne
Lieutenant F. Whitelock
Lieutenant J R. Wellsted
(with Lieutenant F.
W hitelock).
Captain Haines, with
Lieutenants Sanders,
Cruttendan, Grieve
Rennie and Dr. Hul;on
(in the Palinurus).
Captain Sanders with
Lieutenants Fell, Con
stable, Ward, W hish, and
Assistant Surgeon H.
J. Carter (Naturalist
and Geologist). The
work completed by
Lieutenant G ieve on
1848 assisted by Lieu
tenant Ward.
Region covered by
the survey.
Mekran and
of i ersia.
a port
The Persian coast as
far as Shat-e!-Arab
and then as far as
Basrah, also a plan
of the cove of
Maskat, drawings
of various parts of
the coast.
Arabian coist of the
Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Oman, Arabia, and
Mesopotamia.
South coast of
Arabia.
S^uth coast of
Arabia.
Low's History of
the Indian Navy.
Volume I.
Pages 185 e/ seq
Pages 188 -189.
Pages 404 et seq.
Pages 405 et seq.
Volume II.
Page 85
Pages 85-86
Pages 80 et seq
Pages 214 et seq.
Reports or memoirs.
MS. of the survey in existence some 70
years ago.
A memoir of C ptain Guy's survey drawn
up by Lieutenant Ho ighton in tne India
Office.
Charts.
a sheets.
14 Charts (see pag e
406 of Volume I
Law's History of
the Indian Navy.
Memoir descriptive of the navigation of the
Persian Galf {Bombay Selections No. 24,
pages 527-634.)
Notes on identification of places touched
at bv Neirchus, on the ancient commerce
o f the Gulf and on a vhit to the ruins of
Thar e, R. G 5. Journal V, page 26; Bombay
G S. Journal I, page 194, XIII, page 125.
Descriotion of the isbnds at the entrance
of the Gulf. Narrative of a jou ncy in Oman
R, G. S J , VIII (1838), Bombay G. S. j.,
I (1836-38).
(1) Narrative of a journey into the interior
of Uman R. G. S. J., VII, 1837.
(2) Travels in Arabia, 1838.
(3) Travels to the city of the Caliphs, 1840.
Memoirs to accompany the chart of the
-outh coast of Arabia by Captain Haines.
Parts I and II, R. G. S. J., IX, page 125
and XV, page 104.
Short memoir of the proceedings of the
Ea«t Co:np my's Brig PaLinurus, R. G. S.
]., XVI, page 169.
Journal of an excursion into Dofar by Mid-
sh pman Cruttenden, B. G. S. J., I.
ruttendpn's Journal, dated / alinurus,
March 16th, 1836 {MS. in the 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. .)
Accoun 1 of the Kuria Muria Islands, R. G. S.
J., XI, page 16, Bombay G. S, J., III.
D/. Car'er's •works-.—
(1) Acrourt of the ruins of El-Belled (in
Docar )• R. G. S .J , VII, page 225
(with a plate and addition)^
(2) Notes on the Garrah tribe. Journal of
Bombay Br. R. A S., II.
(3) Notes on the Mahrah tribe with vo
cabulary of their language and further
notes on the Garrah, /did,
(4) Description of the Frankincense tree
of Arabia, /did.
(5) Geographical description of south-east
coist of Arabiri, w th an essay on the
comparative Geography of that
coast. Bombay Br. R. A. S. J,, HI.
(0 Igne us Rocks of Maskat and its
neightourhood, etc. /did.
South-Ea st Coast
ef Arabia, by
Haines, 3 sheets
(1836), North-East
Coast of Arabia, by
Saunders and Grieve
(1849), Kuria Muria
/stands^ by Haines
(1837), Gulf of
Maseera, by Grieve,
2 sheets, 1847.

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Précis on naval arrangements in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , 1862-1905, prepared by Jerome Antony Saldanha and published by Government Central Press, Simla, 23 March 1906, for the Government of India Foreign Department.

The volume is organised into twelve chapters, as follows:

Chapter I, The old Indian Navy and the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , 1616-1862; Chapter II, Statement of movements of Her Majesty's vessels in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; Chapter III, Naval arrangements on abolition of the Indian Navy, 1863-1871; Chapter IV, Rules for the relief of Royal Navy vessels in the Gulf, 1874-75; Chapter V, East India Station standing orders, 1882; Chapter VI, Royal Navy vessels in Indian Seas, reduction duties, condition, etc.; Chapter VII, Bushire Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. Steamers; Chapter VIII, New arrangements for the employment of subsidized vessels in the Gulf, 1895-1903; Chapter IX, Movements of the British versus Foreign men-of-war, 1901-1905; Chapter X, Salutes to be fired from His Majesty's ships to Native Chiefs and Political Officers in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; Chapter XI, Steam-launches for Political Officers; Chapter XII, Surveys in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. since 1871.

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1 volume (30 folios)
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The volume is arranged roughly chronologically and divided into twelve chapters. Each paragraph is numbered from 1 to 146. Folio 4 is a list of contents that refers to the paragraph number.

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Foliation: the sequence commences at the front cover, and terminates at the inside back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.

Pagination: the volume also contains an original printed pagination.

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