!['PERSIAN GULF AND GULF OF OMAN. RESOURCES AND COAST DEFENCES. 1903.' [‎31r] (68/120)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100000000912.0x000005/IOR_L_PS_20_64_0068.jp2/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg "'PERSIAN GULF AND GULF OF OMAN. RESOURCES AND COAST DEFENCES. 1903.' [‎31r] (68/120)")
'PERSIAN GULF AND GULF OF OMAN. RESOURCES AND COAST DEFENCES. 1903.' [31r] (68/120)
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. .
Transcription
This transcription is created automatically. It may contain errors.
HORMUZ ISLAND. 57
1 he surface is for the most part hilly, the highest point
(690 feet), being near the centre of the island^ and very
conspicuous.
The island contains apparently considerable mineral wealth in
salt, rock salt, red ochre, copper, and iron oxide ; the ochre is
worked, and salt to a less extent, but the rock salt, of which most
of the hills are composed, does not appear to be utilised.
There is practically no cultivation.
I here is only one village, at the N. end of the island, close to
the old Portuguese fort. It contains from 150 to 200 huts and
houses.
The population is about 400 males.
In former days, Hormuz was a point of great commercial
importance. I he only trace of this now existing is the ruined
city on the plain immediately S. of the old fort.
At the present time there is some trade, chiefly in salt and
salt fish, with Maskat and Bunder Abbas.
The island is subject to the governor of Bunder Abbas, a
guard of a dozen men being kept at the old fort.
The distance of the N. point of Hormuz from— Distances.
Bassidu - - - is 96 miles.
Khor-ash-Shem - - - „ 55 „
Kishm Tow r n - - - „ 18 „
The navigable channel between Hormuz and the mainland Anchorage,
passes close to the former, and is about 1,600 yards broad & c -
opposite the fort.
The anchorage is to the E. of the fort, and according to
a report made in 1900, there is fair accommodation lor ships of
any size.
It is well sheltered, except from the Nashi, during which
native craft move to the W. side of the fort.
There are no repairing facilities.
Coal. —There is no coal.
Water. —According to a report made in 1901 there are six
reservoirs and wells—the water being unfit to drink. There
are many old reservoirs in the ruined city. No dependence can
be placed on rain for water supply, as the surface drainage is
saturated with brine from the salt hills. It might be possible to
sink wells and protect them from drainage, but if not, condensers
would be necessary.
There is no information as to how the inhabitants of the
ancient city overcame the difficulty.
Food. —Apparently nothing hut salt fish can be obtained in
any quantity.
There is no information as to communications of any kind. Communica
tions.
No repairing
facilities.
Supplies.
About this item
- Content
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).
- Physical characteristics
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.
- Written in
- English in Latin script View the complete information for this record
Use and share this item
- Share this item
'PERSIAN GULF AND GULF OF OMAN. RESOURCES AND COAST DEFENCES. 1903.' [31r] (68/120), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/20/64, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100036632886.0x000045> [accessed 20 April 2024]
https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100036632886.0x000045
Copy and paste the code below into your web page where you would like to embed the image.
<meta charset="utf-8"><a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100036632886.0x000045">'PERSIAN GULF AND GULF OF OMAN. RESOURCES AND COAST DEFENCES. 1903.' [‎31r] (68/120)</a> <a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100036632886.0x000045"> <img src="https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100000000912.0x000005/IOR_L_PS_20_64_0068.jp2/full/!280,240/0/default.jpg" alt="" /> </a>
This record has a IIIF manifest available as follows. If you have a compatible viewer you can drag the icon to load it.https://www.qdl.qa/en/iiif/81055/vdc_100000000912.0x000005/manifestOpen in Universal viewerOpen in Mirador viewerMore options for embedding images
Copyright: How to use this content
- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/20/64
- Title
- 'PERSIAN GULF AND GULF OF OMAN. RESOURCES AND COAST DEFENCES. 1903.'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:8v, 9ar:9av, 9r:33v, 35r:42v, 44r:47v, 49r:49v, 51r, 52r:54v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence