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'MILITARY REPORT ON PERSIA. VOL. IV, PART II.' [77r] (158/212)
The record is made up of 1 volume (102 folios). It was created in 1922-1924. 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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are open for international traffic- Details of these stations are
as follows :•—
Station .. .. .. Bushire .. .. Lingeh.
(«) Situation .. .. .. 50‘ 49'43'’E. long. 54° 53'23' E. Long.
28° 54' 30' N\ Lat. 26° 33' 34" K. Lat.
( 6 ) Range .. .. .. 200 miles by day, 100 miles by day,
1,900 Jpiles,by night, by night unknown.
(c) Fixed stations with which it Bahrein Radto .. Henjain Radio.
is intended to communicate.
(d) Fixed stations with which it Her,jam, Bombay.*" Bahrein Radio,
has actually communicated. Karachi; Port Sudan,
Alexandria Basra
and Aden.
(c) Maximum distance over wdiieh About 1,000—1,500 200 miles.
it has communicated with miles.
vessels at sea. .
(/) Any atmospheric conditions Working is much As for Bushire.
which tend to increase or de- better in vintir then
crease the range or limit the in summer. Very
hours of working. severe atirosplh-rics
ate not prevalent
here.
(y) Nationality and number of 4 operators, 1 glerk 1, operator, 1 clerk in
operators. in charge. All charge. Loth Bri-
" 1 ''ill-' British. tlsii .' 1 1
(h) Hours of working .. .4 Open dey and nigiit S a.m. to 5 r.M.
(i) Number of operator* n^uired .... 3 operators.
to keep station open day and
night.
O') Nature of masts .. .. Centre mast 200 feet 2 masts, 150 feet
high. 4 side masts 75 high,
feet high.
(1) Installation .. .. 5 kilowatts. .. 1 kilowatt.
In addition to the above there is a small portable wireless
installation with two 70-foot mssts belonging to the R. A. T\
situated at the aerodrome hy the former German Consulate,
2 miles south of the town. This installation is being left at
Bashlre although no R. A. F. personnel are there. (Vide
Chapter VI.) The approximate radh;s of this type of installa
tion, which is of the latest pattern, is 400 miles. It has com
municated with Basra and with the similar R. A. F. set at
Bandar ’Abbas.
Pos 0$iee<s.—British and Persian civil pest offices exist in Wireless,
the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
coast at Beshire, Lingeh, Henjam. Bandar
’Abbas, Jask and Charbar. At Hen jam, .fgSK and Charbar they
are in charge of officials of the Indo-Furopean Telegraph De
partment. Persian post offices exist at Kazariin, Shiraz and
Abadeh. Letters take five days from Bushire to Shiraz.
.
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The volume is entitled Military Report on Persia. Volume IV Part II. Fars, Gulf Ports, Yazd and Laristan. (Simla, Government of India Press, 1924). The volume was originally published in 1923.
The report contains sections on history, geography, population, climate and health, resources, military affairs, communications, and political matters. Appendices give the following information: sub-divisions of the Khamseh Arabs; sub-divisions of the Baseri; Baharlu sub-tribes; sub-divisions of the Qashqai; sub-divisions of the Mamassani; table of supplies and transport. There are also four maps (folios 100-103), entitled:
- Map accompanying Military Report on Persia Vol. IV. Part 2.
- Bushire
- The Khamseh Tribes
- Map to illustrate habitat & migrations of more important Clans (Tirehs) of Qashgai Tribes
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (102 folios)
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There is a table of contents on folio 6; and an index on folios 88-98.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 104; 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 volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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- 'MILITARY REPORT ON PERSIA. VOL. IV, PART II.'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:99v, Back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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