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'A strategical study of Persia and the Persian Gulf' [80] (88/150)
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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80
65. Manufacturing Resources.—The following Government
factories are devoted to. army work :—
i. Dum-Dum ^
y ammunition factories, with an annual war
ii. Kirkee J outturn of—
S. A. Ammunition .. 75,000,000 of • 303 cartridges.
Q. F. 13-pr. .. .. 72,600 rounds.
Q. F. 18-pr. .. .. 101,700 rounds.
Hi. Ishapore Small Arms
factory
An East India Company trading post.
is designed for an annual
output estimated at 25,000 rifles. This figure has,
however, not yet been reached.
iv. Cossipore Gun Factory—The gun plant has a capacity
of about 100 field and mountain guns per annum, but
is dependent at present on England for certain com
ponents, which are put together and completed in
India.
v. Ishapore Shell
Factory
An East India Company trading post.
, a branch of {iv), is capable of
supplying annually :—
10-pr. B. L. shell .. •. •• 55,800
5" and 6" Howitzer, and 5 B, L. gun shell 40,000
vi. Aruvankadu Cordite
Factory
An East India Company trading post.
is capable of supplying all
the requirements of the Army in India as regards
cordite cartridges, guncotton, etc.
vii. Jubbulpore Gun Carriage
Factory
An East India Company trading post.
is capable of an
annual outturn of gun carriages and vehicles to com
plete 8 field batteries as well as large numbers of
transport carts.
viii. The Cawnpore Harness and Saddlery
Factory
An East India Company trading post.
supplies
all the requirements of the Army in India in leather
goods, accoutrements, saddlery, harness, etc.
Indian factories are thus able to supplement the authorised
reserves of ammunition (210,000,000 rounds small arms and
456 ,900 gun) by 75,000,000 rounds of small arms ('303), and about
185 000 of field and mountain gun ammunition, during the first
twelve months of the hostilities. They are also in a position to
meet requirements in accoutrements and harness, gun carriages
and ordnance vehicles, and small arms and their components.
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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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- 1 volume (73 folios) and a box containing three maps
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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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- Title
- 'A strategical study of Persia and the Persian Gulf'
- Pages
- 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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- Open Government Licence