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'PERSIAN GULF AND GULF OF OMAN. RESOURCES AND COAST DEFENCES. 1903.' [26v] (59/120)
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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48
PERSIAN GULF
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
.—RESOURCES AND DEFENCES.
Distances.
Landing
place.
Wells.
At present it appears to be merely an earthwork, but no exact
account is available.
It is about 300 yards square, and is 80 to 90 feet above the
sea.
It was captured by the Britisli on 8 th December 1850, after
a spirited defence by the Persians, who also occupied the village
S.E. of the work.
At that time the fort was surrounded by a ditch.
HALILA.
(See Admiralty Chart 2,837b, (with
inset
A small map or other image enclosed within the margin of a larger map, map sheet, or larger image; or papers placed inside a book or archival volume.
).)
Has Halila is about 6 miles S.S.E. of Rishahr Point and
11 miles from Busbire. Halila village, with a large square tower,
is two-thirds of a mile N.N.W. of Has Halila, and contains about
100 men who carry on some cultivation.
For distances. See under Busbire (p. 44).
The best landing is presumably on the beach, mentioned by
the “
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Pilot,” 1898, in connection with the position
of the wells, 1 mile E. of Has Haiila.
Good water can be obtained from wells about 1 mile E. of
Has Halila and 80 yards from the beach. The water is only
3 feet from the surface, and is better than any procurable near
Bushire for shipping.
There are clumps of date trees close W. of the wells, extend
ing across the peninsula.
Note. —At the commencement of the Persian War of 1856-7,
General Havelock landed with the British force at “ Halila
Bay,” on 7 th December 1856. He moved N. along the coast,
and, in conjunction with the fleet, attacked and took Reshire
Fort after severe fighting on 8 th December. The advance was
then continued to Bushire, which surrendered on 10 th December.
LINGA(H).
(See Admiralty Charts 753 and 2,837a.)
Linga is situated on the Persian coast close to the W. end
of Kisnm Island.
The town extends in a narrow strip for about a mile along the
shore it is well built, and may contain about 12,000 inhabitants,
chiefly of the Jowasmi tribe.
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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.
- Extent and format
- 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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