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'A strategical study of Persia and the Persian Gulf' [42] (50/150)
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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well cultivated, dates being the principal agricultural product.
A certain number of small streams run from these mountains
into the Arabian Sea. Of these the "
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Samail is the largest
and the valley of that name is the main seat of population and the
chief highway between the coast and the interior. None of these
streams can, however, be dignified by the name of river.
66. The following islands lie along and appertain to the Arabian
littoral.
Bubiyan, a low-lying and practically uninhabited island 28 miles
by 12 at the head of the Gulf. It is claimed by the Shaikh of
-Kuwait, but a small military post, which still remains, was estab
lished on it by the Turks in 1902.-
Bahrain is an important island of some 208 square miles, the
largest of a group known as the Bahrain archipelago, which forms
the Shaikhdom of Bahrain, The island is better watered than is
generally the case in this region and is the centre of the Gulf pearl
fisheries. It is also a considerable emporium for trade to and from
the mainland. The centre of this trade is at Manamah, a con
siderable town at the northern end of the island.
The remaining islands along the coast are either uninhabited or
of insufficient importance to require description.
67. As in the case of the Persian littoral the heat along the Arabian
(h) Climate shore during the summer is very great
and would render active military 1
operations impracticable from June to September. The heat at
the mouth of the Gulf and along the shore of the Arabian
Sea is greater than at the head of the Gulf. The cold season
is healthy and pleasant, the temperature falling considerably
at night, though except at the head of the Gulf, frost is,
unknown. The rainy season is from November to March, though
little rain falls, the total averaging from about 3-1' to 5" during
the year at most places. The climate of the Hajar mountains
is said to be cold and boisterous during the cold weather. Gen
erally speaking the climate is conspicuous for its extreme dryness
and this lack of humidity makes the heat to some extent more
bearable.
68. The Arabian littoral is totally lacking in any made
communications. Practically air
(cl Communications. intercourse between places on the"
coast is carried on by sea. Communication inland is along
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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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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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