'PERSIAN GULF AND GULF OF OMAN. RESOURCES AND COAST DEFENCES. 1903.' [10r] (26/120)
The record is made up of 1 volume (55 folios). It was created in Sep 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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DUIIAT HAFFA—MUSAXDAM—KHOK KAWI.
15
LUHAT HAFFA.
{See Admiralty Charts 753 and 2,837 a.)
Duhat Haifa is 175 miles N.W. of Maskat.
This is a cove running in parallel to the coast for 2 | miles,
and varying from half to a quarter of a mile in width. It is
accessable to deep draught vessels.
The narrow strip of land forming its E. side and terminating
in Has Haifa quite masks this cove from seaward, and makes of
it a land-locked harbour. 1 here are only a few fishermen here.
The approximate distance of Duhat Haifa from
Cape Jashk - - - is 77 miles.
Khor-ash-Shem - 70
Kishm Town - - _ go
MUSANDAM (MOSANDIM or MUSAN'DIM) PROMONTORY.
The great promontory Kuus-al-Jebel, which marks the entrance
ol the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, is generally referred to as the Musandam
Promontory. The name Musandam, however, properly applies
to an island olf the N. end of the promontory, the N point of
the island being called lias Musanuam.
1 he N. portion ol this great tongue of land is very mountain
ous and deeply indented by numerous inlets, two of which—
Kubbat Ghazira and Khor-ash-Shem—on opposite side of the
promontory at about 12 miles from the N. point, are only sepa
rated bj the narrow isthmus ol Maklab (least width, three-ciuarters
of a mile). H
_ Of the many inlets those of chief naval interest areKhor Kawi,
Khor-ash-Shem, and Khasab, all on the W. shore.
KHOR KAWI.
{See Admiralty Charts 753 and 2,837 a.)
Khor Kawi is the strait between Jezirat-al-Ghanam and the
W. shore of Musandam Promontory. (For distances see Khor-
aah-Shem.) The length of the strait is 2 £ miles and the breadth
at each end is f >00 yards, widening within to 1,000 yards. There
is deep water throughout. The island A1 Ghanam is about 1,500
yards broad, and is precipitous nearly all round. The highest
Passage
distances.
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The file contains a printed report published by the 'Admiralty, Intelligence Department (No. 694). September 1903.', providing a compilation of available information of naval, military and political value about various locations in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and the Gulf of Oman. Places described include Muscat, Mussandam Promontory, Khor Kawi [Khawr al Quway‘], Elphinstone Inlet [Khawr ash Shamm], Khasab, Pirate Coast [Arabian Coast], Bahrain, Kuwait, Fao [Al Fāw], Basra, Mohammerah [Khorramshahr], Bushire, Lingah and Bundar Abbas [Bandar Abbas].
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. Pilot, 1898. The report also includes 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, 5 May 1903; and advice on collecting information on defences such as defended areas, minefields, ordnance and under-water defences.
Two hand-stamps appear on the front cover and on folio 3, which read, 'War Office Library 27 Nov 1903', and, 'Mobilization and Intelligence Dept. 27 Nov 1903'.
The volume contains seven maps.
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- 1 volume (55 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume contains a frontispiece (f 3) followed by a table of contents (f 4), a list of maps and plates (f 6), a report divided into thirty-seven sections (ff 8-36), an appendix divided into seven sections (ff 36-52), an index to principal places (ff 52-53), and a map pocket holding two maps at the end (f 57).
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 57; 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: an original printed pagination sequence is present in parallel throughout.
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