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'PERSIAN GULF AND GULF OF OMAN. RESOURCES AND COAST DEFENCES. 1903.' [16r] (38/120)
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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KUWAIT— K HOR A BD ALL A H.
27
* Issued for Fleet purposes, 2 June 1902.
(It may be noted that the international interest in Koweit
arose from the fact that a site was chosen on the shore of Koweit
Harbour for a terminus of the projected railway through Asia
Mmor to Baghdad and the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Appendix? p. 75 ).
Ibis interest has been lately somewhat diminished by the discovery
that Umkasr (see p. 29) has greater natural advantages for such
a terminus. It is, indeed, asserted by the Sheikh of Koweit
that Umkasr lies within his territory, but the claim rests on
doubtful evidence).
A number of fights have taken place between the Koweit and
JNejd forces with varying results. Koweit has several times
been threatened with attacks, but, thanks to British support,
nothing came of them, and the semi-independent status of the
Sheikh of Koweit has been maintained.
in May 1902, the town of Iliadh (capital of S. Nejd), was
captured and the southern half of Nejd occupied by Abdul Aziz
bin Abdurrahman, with disaffected Nejd tribesmen, on behalf of
Ins father Abdurrahman Feysal bin Saoud, who then left
Koweit with a considerable following and joined his son at
Kiadh. 1 he situation there does not appear to have altered
materially up to the present (March 1903). Probably, therefore,
thehrmrot Nejd will be unable to devote much 'attention to
Koweit for some time to come.
KHOR ABDALLA (or ABDULLAH).
(See Admiralty Charts 1,235, 3,293,* and 2,837b.)
Khor Abdalla is a deep inlet, lying between Bubiyan Island
and the mainland W. of the Shatt-el-Arab.
^ miles wide at the entrance between Ras-al-Geit
(Bubiyan Island), and the promontory S. of Fao.
It is imperfectly surveyed at present, but there are deep water
channels leading to Khor Umkasr and adjacent waterways.
The approximate distance of the head of the Khor Abdalh
(the U. point of \\ arba Island being taken) from—
Bahrein Harbour
Bassidu
Bombay
Bushire -
Pao
Khor-ash-Shem -
Kishm Town -
Koweit -
S.W. point of Warba Island
Umkasr
- is
254 miles.
470 „
1,577 „
150 „
53 „
512 „
515 „
79 „
S „
12 ..
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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