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'PERSIAN GULF AND GULF OF OMAN. RESOURCES AND COAST DEFENCES. 1903.' [11r] (28/120)
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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KHOR-ASH-SHEM— K HAS AH.
17
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Foi purposes of control of the Gulf entrance the position is Suitability
very good. a8 naval
The climate from July to September is very trying to
Europeans. ( 1 he Eastern Telegraph Company had to abandon
their station on Telegraph Island in 1869 ovving to the heat.)
Apart from the climate, however, Khor-ash-Shem would
make a very good naval and coaling station, if properly
equipped with piers, sheds, lighters, &c.
The entrance could be defended by one or two forts or by Defence
mines.
AW.—The special report quoted above does not deal with
the question of land defence. As far as it is possible to iudce
fioin C hart ^53, it would not be difficult to cover the harbour
and the isthmus of Maklab from an attack from the S.
It is suggested, with reserve, that the main weakness of the
harbour would be its liability to naval attack from the E., unless
the deep inlets on that side were strongly defended.
KHASAB.
(Sec Admiralty Charts 753 and 2837 a.)
Khasab Bay is about 3 miles W. of the entrance to Khor-
ash-Shem.
T he town of Khasab lies in the wide valley S. of the bay, a
little distance from the shore.
The population of the valley is about 600.
A w&li of the Sultan of Maskat resides here. He has little
direct authority, his position being rather that of a consul than
of a governor.
For distances, see Khor-ash-Shem. Distances
The bay lies between projecting headlands, which shelter it Anchorage
from the prevailing winds ; it is about 1 mile wide, open to
the N.
The anchorage is good.
The best landing place is at the W. end of the sandy beach Landing
which forms the S. shore of the buy. place.
I 26291.
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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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