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‘Persian Gulf pilot comprising the Persian Gulf and its approaches from Ras al Hadd, in the south-west, to Cape Monze, in the east.’ [80r] (164/404)
The record is made up of 199 folios. It was created in 1932. 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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Chap. IV.] APPROACHES TO BANDAR 'ABBAS 105
Chart 753.
coast. No native vessels visit the coast except such as can either
be hauled up or can get into the creeks. For larger vessels, Hormuz,
see page 107, offers the nearest place of shelter from the shamal,
unless the vessel is far enough to windward to fetch in to the 5
anchorage off Qishm, see page 108.
Coast. —From Kuhistak, the coast trends north-north-westward
for about 10 miles to Khargun in the vicinity of which it is low and
sandy; but the place may be identified by a turtle-backed hillock
and some date palms. io
Khargun is a small village peopled by fisherfolk. Close northward
of the village is a creek, formed by the mouth of Mazawi river, that
affords shelter to the boats.
The mouth of Minab river is situated about 5| miles north
westward of that of Mazawi river. In ordinary times very little 15
of the water in the river flows down to the sea as it is nearly all
diverted by irrigation canals.
Apparently detached shoals, over which the depths, respectively,
are 5 and 10 fathoms (9 m l and 18 m 3), were reported, in 1910, to lie
about 5| miles west-south-westward and 6| miles south-westward 20
of the mouth of Minab river.
Kh5r Minab, a salt water mangrove creek, is entered about 6 miles
north-westward of the mouth of Minab river and is the port of Minab;
it can be entered by small craft of 20 tons and less; but the bar,
which nearly dries, is impracticable during a shamal. There are 25
very similar creeks on either side of Khor Minab, but the entrance
of the latter may be identified from its position in relation to two
large mangrove trees, growing close together at a short distance
south-eastward of it. The middle of the bar is marked by a wooden
post, about 6 feet (l m 8) high. From the bar, the creek trends north- 30
eastward through sand and mud flats for about 1^ miles; thence
it trends south-eastward between banks covered with mangroves
for about 2 miles, and then east-north-eastward for about 4 miles
to its head. The banks are everywhere flooded at high-water, and
above the head of the creek the river decreases in size until it is a 35
mere ditch.
Minab town [Lat. 27° 09' NLong. 57° 05' E.) is situated about
13 miles north-eastward of the mouth of Minab river; the fort is
situated on a hill close to the river, and appears large and imposing,
though it is very dilapidated. The town is a collection of mat 40
huts, but at the foot of the hill on which stands the fort are a number
of substantial buildings; on its southern side are extensive gardens
and plantations; the bazaar is outside the fort and is well supplied;
the inhabitants are well disposed to Europeans. The district pro
duces dates, plantains, mangroves, wheat, henna, &c.; rice and ^5
wheat are imported; dates, henna, wool, and ghi are exported.
The coast trends west-north-westward from Khor Minab and
is low and swampy, the eastern portion being covered with man
groves ; it is bordered by a mud flat which extends offshore from one
to 2 miles, the depths beyond that distance being from 3 to 4 fathoms 50
{5*5 to 7 m 3).
Jezirat Hormuz. —This island has a long low point on its northern
side which extends from a plain to within 2| miles of the coast about
17 miles westward of the mouth of Khor Minab. The island is for
Charts 2837a, 748b.
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Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. pilot comprising the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and its approaches, from Ras al Hadd, in the south-west, to Cape Monze, in the east. Published for the Hydrographic Department of the Admiralty by His Majesty’s Stationery Office, London, 1932. Eighth edition.
The pilot begins with a number of introductory sections:
- Notice of caution when approaching British ports, including the closure of ports and examination of vessels entering ports (folio 1v, inside front cover);
- Notations of supplements and annual summaries of notices to mariners relating to this book (folio 2);
- Cautionary notes on the measurements, including those for (bearings, longitude, latitude, depth) given in the pilot, and the different methods of shading used to indicate colours of flags, tidal light signals and beacons in the pilot (folio 5);
- Advertisement to the eighth edition (folio 6) providing an outline history of the pilot, and updates to the latest edition;
- Contents page (folios 7v-8), referring to the pilot’s pagination;
- A list of views (illustrations), with reference to the pilot’s pagination (folio 8v);
- A glossary of terms (folio 9), organised alphabetically, and with an indication of their origin (Arabic, Baluchi, Hindustani, Persian);
- Notes on the system of orthography (folios 10-11);
- Information relating to Admiralty charts and other hydrographic publications and general navigation (folios 12-19), with sections on the correction of Admiralty charts, and their degree of reliance, navigational publications, including the Admiralty lists of lights and wireless signals, tide tables, and general remarks relating to practical navigation;
- A map of the head of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , dated July 1932, indicating those areas covered by Admiralty charts (folio 20v);
- A map of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and Gulf of Oman, dated July 1932, with an indication of those areas covered by Admiralty charts mentioned in the pilot (folio 21v);
- An insert (folio 22) detailing those elements not included in the present volume.
The main body of the pilot is arranged in chapters and appendices as follows:
- Chapter 1 - General Remarks: physical features, depths, political and administrative divisions, British representation, ports and anchorages, towns and population, languages, supplies, products, trade, currencies, weights and measures, the pearl fisheries, health, meteorological information (pressure, winds, cyclones and depressions, climate and weather, humidity, rainfall, dew, fog, visibility), currents, tides, tidal streams, signals, communications, pilots, deratisation, native craft, piracy, obtaining information, presents, coal, fuel oil, docks, repairs, standard time, passages;
- Chapter 2 - Approaches to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. from the south; the coasts of Oman, Batinah, and Ash Shamailiyah; Ras Al Hadd to Dibah;
- Chapter 3 - Approaches to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. from the east; the coasts of Las Bela, Makran, Persian Makran, including Jask; Cape Monze to Jask;
- Chapter 4 - Entrance to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; Ruus al Jabal and the Persian coast, including Bandar ’Abbas [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] and Qishm [Kīsh] island; Dibah to Ras Ash Sha’am and Jask to Charack [Bandar-e Chārak];
- Chapter 5 - Northeast side of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; the coast of Persia; Charack to Ras Ash Shatt, including Bushire;
- Chapter 6 - The southwest side of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; the coast of Trucial Oman A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , and the eastern side of Qatar; Ras Ash Sha'am to Ras Rakan;
- Chapter 7 - The southwest side of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; western side of Qatar, Bahrain [referred to as Bahrein throughout], and the coasts of Nejd [Najd] and Kuwait; Ras Rakan to Khor ’Abdullah;
- Chapter 8 - The head of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; coasts of Persia and Iraq; Ras Ash Shatt to and including the Shatt al ’Arab; the Tigris and Euphrates;
- Appendix 1 - List of ports available for underwater repairs, with details of the largest dry or floating dock or patent slip at each port;
- Appendix 2 - List of principal ports, showing the particulars of depth at approach and anchorage, rise of tide;
- Appendix 3 - Meteorological data (air pressure, air temperature, rainfall, wind) - for Muscat, Pasni, Jask, Bushire, Bahrain; Kuwait, Mohammerah [Khorramshahr], Basra;
- Appendix 4 - Places suitable for magnetic observations;
- Appendix 5 - Tidal streams, with tables for four locations, including Henjam, and semi-diurnal and diurnal factors.
Throughout the main chapters there are illustrations of the parts of the coastline being discussed by the accompanying text. These illustrations, which are a mix of line drawing and reproductions of watercolours, indicate the profile of the land, and highlight distinctive topographical features such as trees and forts.
- Extent and format
- 199 folios
- Arrangement
The pilot is arranged into eight chapters (I-VIII) and five appendices (I-V). The arrangement of chapters is geographical, moving from the easternmost point of the Gulf in chapter II to the westermost point in chapter VIII. The contents page (ff 7-8) and alphabetically ascending index (ff 182-93) refer to the pilot’s pagination system.
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Foliation: There is a foliation sequence, which is circled in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. It begins on the front cover, on number 1, and ends on the inside of the back cover, on number 199.
Pagination: There are two printed pagination systems, which generally situate numbers in the top-left corner of versos and the top-right corner of rectos. The first, which uses Roman numerals, runs through the pilot’s introductory pages (ff 6-19). The second pagination system uses Arabic numerals, and runs through the remainder of the pilot (ff 23-197).
The number of each chapter is indicated throughout the chapter (expressed as ‘Chap.’ and the chapter number as a Roman numeral) in the top-left corner of rectos and the top-right corner of versos. The lines of text on each page in each chapter are numbered in intervals of five (i.e. 5, 10, etc.)
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