Skip to item: of 150
Information about this record Back to top
Open in Universal viewer
Open in Mirador IIIF viewer

'Military Report on The Anglo-Iranian Oil Company's (South Iranian) Oilfield Area' [‎35r] (78/150)

The record is made up of 1 volume (69 folios). It was created in 1940. 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.

Apply page layout

57
APPENDIX II.
Abadan.
(See Map 2.)
1. General. —Abadan is situated on an island of the same
name on the left bank and about 30 miles up the Shatt-el-Arab.
It is as modern, in many respects, as an English industrial town,
being the A. I O. C.’s refinery and port of export. It is the
greatest oil port in the East. The island is approximately 50
miles long by 2 miles wide, with a population of about 150,000
natives, of which 25,000 are in the employ of the A. I. 0. C.
Basra Port Directorate controls all shipping in the river and
its harbour-masters and pilots bring all vessels alongside the
jetties. Once alongside the jetties the Iranian Authorities exer
cise the usual Customs, quarantine and police control. The
frontier at Abadan is the “ Thelweg ” (the deepest part of the
channel) since the conclusion of the Iraqi-Iranian Frontier
Treaty of 1937.
IT harves and Jetties.
No. 1 Murghabi Jetty. —Motor Boat jetty steel and concrete
decking. Length 49 feet. Depth of water‘ below Port Datum
8 feet. Height above Port Datum 11' fi".
A o. 2 No. 3 ater Pumphouse Jetty. —Steel jetty with steel
dolphin upstream and concrete dolphin downstream. ' Length 135
feet. Height above Port Datum 12" 9 ,/ . Depth of w r ater below
I ort Datum 28 0 . No ships allowed alongside on account of
suction lines.
No. 3 Oil Jetty. —Steel with concrete deck. Length 173 feet.
1 w r o concrete dolphins. Depth of water below Port Datum
29' 0". Height of deck above Port Datum 12' 10".
. Ao. 4 Jetty for Packed Oils. —Steel with concrete deck.
Length 144'. Depth of water below Port Datum 18'0"* Height
of deck above Port Datum 12' 0".
Ao. ■> Water Jetty. —For supplying drinking w ater to barges
and river steamers. Steel and concrete deck at head with
timber approach. Depth of water below Port Datum 16 feet.
Height of deck above Port Datum 11' 10".
Ao. 6, No. 2 ]\ ater Pumphouse Jetty. —Steel with concrete
deck. Length 16;> feet. Steel dolphins. No ships allowed
alongside owing to suction lines. Depth of water below Port
Datum 20 feet.

About this item

Content

Military report compiled at the General Staff, Army Headquarters, India, and printed in Simla by The Manager, Government of India Press, 1940.

The volume begins with a preface (folio 3) in which notes on authorities consulted in compiling the report are given. The rest of the report is divided into nine chapters (I-IX), plus appendices, each covering a different subject, as follows:

  • Chapter I: General Description of the Area
  • Chapter II: Climate
  • Chapter III: Population
  • Chapter IV: Base Ports
  • Chapter V: Lines of Communication and Transportation Facilities
  • Chapter VI: Signal Communications
  • Chapter VII: Economic Resources and Supplies
  • Chapter VIII: Engineer and Ordnance Facilities
  • Chapter IX: Medical Facilities
  • Appendices

In a pocket at the back of the volume are the following maps and charts:

  • Abadan and Bawarda (map) (folio 64)
  • Naseri and Ahwaz, showing new bridge (map) (folio 65)
  • Dar-i-Khazineh (map) (folio 66)
  • Diagram of wireless communications (map) (folio 67)
  • Sketch map showing flood water, February-March 1938 (folio 68)
  • Road distance mileage chart (folio 69)
  • Comparative bridge loading table (folio 70)

One of the maps listed in the contents is missing: 'Map of A. I. O. C. [Anglo-Iranian Oil Company] Central and Southern areas showing oilfields, pipelines, telephone and telegraph lines'.

Extent and format
1 volume (69 folios)
Arrangement

There is a contents page at the front of the volume (ff 5-6) which refers to the volume's original pagination.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 71; 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: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.

Written in
English in Latin script
View the complete information for this record

Use and share this item

Share this item
Cite this item in your research

'Military Report on The Anglo-Iranian Oil Company's (South Iranian) Oilfield Area' [‎35r] (78/150), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/MIL/17/15/24, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100041422291.0x00004f> [accessed 29 March 2024]

Link to this item
Embed this item

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_100041422291.0x00004f">'Military Report on The Anglo-Iranian Oil Company's (South Iranian) Oilfield Area' [&lrm;35r] (78/150)</a>
<a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100041422291.0x00004f">
	<img src="https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100000000239.0x00013e/IOR_L_MIL_17_15_24_0078.jp2/full/!280,240/0/default.jpg" alt="" />
</a>
IIIF details

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_100000000239.0x00013e/manifestOpen in Universal viewerOpen in Mirador viewerMore options for embedding images

Use and reuse
Download this image