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'MILITARY REPORT ON PERSIA. VOLUME IV, PART I.' [33r] (70/168)
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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57
ft, w demand of the coal depot Tor anything more
a small detachment therefore sent to the station for
!“ lensrth of time an additional distilling plant would b.
necessary. . , _ .
Post 0 ff [ ce ,—A British post office is situated in the Tele-
mph office in charge of one of the clerks.
The village of Hen jam at the south-east side has some
200 houses and 1,000 inhabitants of . ra ^/^w^re^es-
feent the former stock predominating, they are acs
oribed as intelligent, industrious and hospitable ; they
occupied in date and other cultivation, fishing and pearling,
for which they have some 25 boats; they own a few cattle,
donkeys and goats. In the summer during^ the P ea . rllT ^
season (April to September) the village is practically
deserted.
The third settlement is Ghail, with about 30 houses, 3 miles
south-west of the telegraph station There is an almost
inexhaustible well here of excellent water, close by the
beach, and a valuable anchorage, sheltered from the shamal,
between Henjam and Qishm. This was formerly a
rendezvous for piratical craft, and occasionally slavers,
and is now much visited by native craft to take in water.
The anchorage lies on both sides of a sandy spit opposite
the coal depot and Telegraph buildings, at the most northern
point of the island, and is sheltered from the prevailing
winds. A beacon consisting of a post 1(1 feet ig sur
mounted by a 9 foot triangle has been erected on this spit
by the cable ship of the Telegraph Department, rom e
eastern entrance it is inconspicuous except when e sun
shines on it, and it is often obscured by dhows. The^ o m
is hard, and holding therefore bad in places, especially as
the ebb tide runs very strongly, this anchorage however was
used throughout the war by numerous ships without incon
venience. The depth is about 9 fathoms.
Lights .—A white fixed light is exhibited at 128 feet abovs
high water from the north-east corner of the Telegraph
office; it is visible about 5 miles at sea. A fixed red light
is exhibited at 30 feet above high water on the foreshore
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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
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (80 folios)
- Arrangement
Includes a list of contents on folio 4; and an index on folios 67-73.
- Physical characteristics
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.'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:74v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence