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'PERSIAN GULF AND GULF OF OMAN. RESOURCES AND COAST DEFENCES.' [28] (34/114)
The record is made up of 56 folios. It was created in 1903. 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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persian gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
. — resources and defences,
The cable of the Indo-European Telegraph Department from
Bushire to Fao is taken up the Khor Abdalla, and landed on
the mud flat on its N. shore. Thence for upwards of" 3| miles
the cable is carried through mud flats and creeks to the Fao
station where it meets the land lines under Turkish control.
It is stated that a scheme has been drawn up by the Turkish
military authorities for the defence of the Khor Abdalla. {See
Appendix, p. 82.)
BUBIYAN (or BUBIAN) ISLAND.
(See Admiralty Charts 3,293,* 1,235, and 2,837 b.)
Bubiyan Island, on the W. side of the Khor Abdalla, is
about 25 miles long (N. and S.), by 12 miles broad. The
narrow Khor Sabiya (.see p. 30) separates the island from the
mainland.
Bubiyan is claimed by the Sheikh of Koweit, and it is stated
that Koweit fishermen, who cultivate ground on the island for a
part of the year, pay rent to Koweit merchants.
There is no permanent population.
At the beginning of 1902, a Turkish post was established on
the narrow peninsula lias-al-Geit, on the E. coast of Bubiyan.
In February 1902, 1 officer and 20 Turkish soldiers, detached
from Umkasr (see p. 29), were in camp here, and it was under
stood that the post was to be permanent. A brick house for
stores, &c., was being constructed.
Ihe detachment was reduced to 10 soldiers during the summer
of 1902, probably for the duration of the hot season.
Supplies. Apparently there was no natural water supply in February
1902, and water as well as all other supplies had to be brought
from Fao in two dhows.
Note.- —The claim of the Sheikh of Koweit to Bubiyan being
disputed by the Turks, it is possible that the detachment may
only be intended to show Turkish occupation, and that Ras-al-
Geit is the most convenient place for communication with Fao
(about 30 miles by
dhow
A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean.
), and for the withdrawal of the detach
ment if attacked by Koweit tribesmen.
It might, however, be supposed that a post on the N. shore,
within reach of the garrison at Umkasr, would be preferable if it
were merely desired to fly the Turkish flag.
Cable.
Rumoured
scheme of
defence.
Turkish post
at Ras-al-
Geit.
c " Issued for Fleet purposes, 2 June 1902.
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Printed report published by the Intelligence Department of the Admiralty, 1903. The report includes advice on collecting information on defences such as defended areas, minefields, ordnance, under-water defences. Much of the information was extracted from the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Report, 1898.
There are details on Muscat; Mussandam Promontory; Khor Kawi [Khawr al Quway‘], Elphinstone Inlet [Khawr ash Shamm], Khasab; Pirate Coast; Bahrain; Kuwait; Fao [Al Fāw]; Basra; Bushire; Lingah; Bundar Abbas [Bandar Abbas].
Also included is an 'Official statement of British Policy with regard to (1) the proposed Baghdad Railway; and (2) Persia and the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. generally' given in the House of Lords, May 5, 1903.
Maps include: rough sketch of operations in the vicinity and Bushire from the 3rd to the 10th February 1857 (Reproduced from Outram's Persian Campaign 1857); sketch of the attack on the batteries of Mohumra [Khorramshahr]: combined naval and military forces under command of Sir James Outram; sketch of the ground in the neighbourhood of Ahwaz [Ahvāz] on the Karun [Kārūn], showing the position occupied by the Persian Army, and the advance of the British detachment upon the town, March 1857. At the back of the report there is a large fold-out map: General Outline Map of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. showing Submarine Cables and the Principal Places mentioned in the Report.
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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 a map that is stored in a sleeve at the back of the volume, on number 57.
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