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'A strategical study of Persia and the Persian Gulf' [25] (33/150)
The record is made up of 1 volume (73 folios) and a box containing three maps. It was created in 1913. 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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(18) KasratSbad-Gazik 184 miles in 12 Stages. A good
: camel road and generally
Vol. IV, route 74. passable for all arms. Sup
plies in small quantities at some places ; water scarce
throughout. .Capacity probably 1 battalion only, unless
previous arrangements had been made for collecting
supplies,
(19) Nasratabad -Birjand, 210 miles in 12 stages, a good
camel road and generally
Vol. IV. route 78. passable by all arms. Small
quantities of supplies available at most stages.
Water for a brigade throughout. Capacity one bat
talion only unless previous arrangements had been
made for collecting supplies.
Routes (18) and (19) connect with routes 16 and 17, para. 12
respectively from Meshed. j
37 The only inland waterway in Southern Persia is the Karua
rivet 'mentionea in patagtaph 27. This river is navigable as far as
Alwaz for vessels of 5-9' draught, though steamers drawing 3i
.ometimeshave difficulty in negotiating the last 20 m.les below
Ahwaz The river is not navigable at Ahwaz owing to some 2,000 .
of rapids, where cargo is usually transferred to a tramway foi-
transportation. From Ahwaz the river is navigable to withm
gome 7 miles of Shustar for light draught steamers, as is also
its tributary the Ab -i-Diz to withm about 14 miles of Dizful. At
Dresent three steamers with a capacity of some 100 tons each ply
from Muhammareh to Ahwaz ; while on the upper reaches two
steamers of somewhat less capacity ply from Ahwaz as far as the
state of the river admits. Other craft of shallow draught might
also be available from the Shatt -al-'Arab,
Communication between the ports on the Gulf is, owing to the
bad land communications, mamly carried on by sea. Such traffic
is mainly in the hands of the British India Steam Navigation
Company and other British firms trading m these waters.
38. The following are the principal sea ports on the Persian
shore of the Gulf and the Arabian Sea:—
Muhammareh, at the point where the
Muhammareh, Karun j 0 i n s the Shatt-al-'Arab.
Roadstead.—Tbe anchorage for small steamers is a J mile
from the landing place and cannot be used when the Karun is in
S248GSB
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This volume contains a strategical study of Persia and the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. for the purpose of foreseeing the development of British military and commercial activity in Persia. The volume was prepared by the General Staff, Army Headquarters, India, and printed at the Government Monotype Press, Simla, 1913.
It is divided into four sections: 'Information', mainly of geographical and social kind (folios 5-30); 'Strategical Conditions'(folios 9-32); 'Social and Political Conditions' analysing how other national powers play out in the area (folios 31-55); 'General Conclusions' acknowledging the Russian influence over the Northern Zone and the British influence over the Southern Zone of Persia, including the Gulf and over lower Mesopotamia [Iraq], and analysing the Turkish claim over the area (folios 56-57) and 'Tables and Appendices' containing information on the Russian and Turkish armies and on the Persian and Arabic Tribes (folios 58-73).
There are three identical maps of Persia contained in a box enclosed to the volume, each containing statistic information supporting the strategical study.
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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 the inside of the back cover, on number 75. Folios 65, 68 and 72-73 extend to about twice the size of the other folios. There is an original pagination, from 2-130.
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- 'A strategical study of Persia and the Persian Gulf'
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- front, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1:2, 1:121, 121a, 122:124, 124a, 125, 125a, 126:130, 130a, 131, 131a, 132, 132a, iii-r:iii-v, back-i, back
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