'MILITARY REPORT ON PERSIA. VOLUME IV, PART I.' [30v] (65/168)
The record is made up of 1 volume (80 folios). It was created in 1922-1923. 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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la no harbour, and off the town there are several banks
of rock and sand. Vessels of moderate draught anchor m
five fathoms about three quarters of a mile off shore;
those of heavy draught in 6 fathoms at two miles distance,
and there is an anchorage anywhere northward to the bank
bordering the mainland. Anchorage is prohibited between
lines drawn north north-eastward from about 800 feet
an( j i miles north-westward of the fort, which is situated
near the south end of the town. The anchorage near the
town is well sheltered in a channel and there is no heavy
sea with a nashi, but the tidal streams cause a vessel to lie
broadside to the wind and to ride uneasily. A light buoy
exhibiting a white flashing light is moored H miles east
ward of Qishm fort.
The inhabitants of the Island are perfectly docile. The
standard of labour here compares very favourably as re
gards efficiency and price (krcms 2 per day) with other
parts of the Gulf, but is limited. Salagh is the chief
fishing centre of the south coast, and exports fish to Lingeh,
Bandar Abbas, Bahrein and Dubai. There is excellent
water here from seven wells wdiich are well supplied even in
years of drought. These w T ells quickly empty, but refill
in a few hours. Sulphur is found in the Island, and there
are indications that large quantities exist. This mineral
was first worked in a small way by the Muin-ut-1 ujjar
of Tehran, who formerly farmed the revenue of the Island,
and in 1919-1920 the Anglo-Persian Oil Company quarried
100 tons at Namakdan for use with their electric plaqt at
oil-borings works.
Oil Borings .—The extremely favourable report of a
geological expert decided the Anglo-Persian Oil Company
to drill for oil in April, 1914, and ■work was begun in
August of the same year. In July 1915 owing to several
attacks on the works by Luris from Lingeh, instigated by
the German agent Wassmuss, ex-Consul at Bushire, opera
tions were suspended. In March 1916 work was resumed
and boring started. At the present moment, (May, 1921)
the boring has reached the depth of over 3,000 feet. Small
quantities of oil have already been brought up, and there
are favourable indications that a large supply may at any
momeut be discovered. . - -
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The volume is entitled Military Report on Persia. Volume IV Part I. Persian Baluchistan, Kerman and Bandar Abbas. (Simla, Government Central Press, 1923). The volume was originally published in 1921.
The report contains sections on history, geography, population, climate and health, resources, military affairs, communications, and political matters. Appendices give the following information: details of nomad tribes of Kerman Province; a list of Chiefs and Headmen in Persian Baluchistan, who are in receipt of subsidies from the Indo-European Telegraph Department (IETD); statistics of natural resources; and distribution statement of the Sarhad Levy Corps on 1 July 1922. There are also seven maps (folios 75-81), entitled:
- Map accompanying Military Report on Persia Vol. IV Part I.
- Kerman and environs
- Bandar Abbas
- Diagram of Mirjawa station yard
- Diagram of Duzdap station yard
- Signalling and heliograph posts between Chahbar and Geh
- Sketch Map shewing communications between Kerman and Saidabad
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- 1 volume (80 folios)
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Includes a list of contents on folio 4; and an index on folios 67-73.
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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 82; 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. VOLUME IV, PART I.'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:74v, 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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