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'MILITARY REPORT ON PERSIA. VOLUME IV, PART I.' [‎31r] (66/168)

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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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■ A former well was sunk, some 20 years ago, it « Mievei
h a German Company, and abandoned when nothing was
*' Thp headquarters of the present venture are situ-
l Zt forelore u” west of Ras Takhum. The staff
Isists of 4 Europeans of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company
"Two native employees. The boring is situated about
Smiles west by north of the settlement and is reached by
r • hnt san a v road. The anchorage is exposed to both
winds. The beach is sandy and shelves
gradually to the water’s edge. Landing is easy.
There is an infantry guard of 1 Havildar Custodian; police sergeant; jail or prison guard. and 18
found from the detachment at Hen jam with which they are
in heliographic communication.
There is no good drinking water nearer than Salagh,
abont 3 miles away, and distilling has to be resorted to.
Water for the boiler of the drilling plant is pumpet
the distillery at the foreshore through a 2 inch pipe. Local
well water is both turgid and brackish and i 3 supposed to
cause softening and falling out of the teeth in those not
brought up to its use. n „ A
Bnsidu is a British station on the westernmost pomt of B^da.
the island. Basidu point is a low cliff rising about 20 feet
above high water ; the top is level with a few date trees
and open to every wind.
The station was practically unoccupied for some years
but in 1910 was re-opened as a coaling station in connection
with the suppression of the arms traffic. In 1913 the co< ^
depot was transferred to Hen jam. The former o cers
quarters, hospital, sepoy Term used in English to refer to an Indian infantryman. Carries some derogatory connotations as sometimes used as a means of othering and emphasising race, colour, origins, or rank. lines and bazar an s ore
houses have fallen into ruins, and the remaining ungar
lows and buildings erected in 1910 into disrepair,
quarter of a mile south-west of the point is a ags
on which the British flag is hoisted when any vessel is in
the anchorage. Alongside this is a small building, nown.
as the ‘ Officer’s House in a fair state of preservation.
It is now used as a store house for the flagstaff appara us.
A stone pier extends 200 feet from the shore some
yards north-west of Basidu point. It is about 12 fee wi Q
and 4 feet high, and the water around it dries, the outer en

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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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