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'PERSIAN GULF AND GULF OF OMAN. RESOURCES AND COAST DEFENCES.' [37] (43/114)
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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BASRA. 37
The Government yard is presumably identical with the Turkish
" Arsenal " mentioned by the " Pilot " as being near the mouth Grovernment
of the Asshar Creek. yard.
It is stated that there is a small mud dock in the yard.
The yard was stated in 1898 to be capable of effecting small
repairs only. Shafts 6 feet long and 5 inches in diameter could
be forged and turned.
There is a yard belonging to the Euphrates and Tigris Steam British yard.
Navigation Company (Messrs Lynch) ; it is stated by an
official U.S.A. publication to be at " Margile " (? identical with
Makil, 4 miles above Basra).
There is a mud dock 230 feet long and 50 feet wide at the
entrance. (Jsually vessels of only 4 feet draught can be docked,
but the dock can be deepened to 6 feet.
The yard is under the superintendence of an English engineer.
It is stated to be capable of effecting small repairs.
Coal. —The stock of coal available is usually small and Supplies,
frequently runs out.
Vessels are coaled from lio-hters.
IFatcr. —The water of the Shatt-al-Arab is fresh.
There is no information as to water supply from wells.
Food. —Meat, vegetables, &c. can be procured.
Roads. —It is understood that there is a road or track to Communica-
Koweit via Zobeir and Jehara. tions.
There is no information of any other roads (but see Map 2
in Pocket).
Steamers. —This is the terminus for the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Mail
Steamers which call weekly. There is also irregular communi
cation with various Indian and European ports. Above Basra
the steamers of the Euphrates and Tigris Steam Navigation
Company, and also those of the Turkish Oman Company, ply to
Baghdad.
Telegraph. —There are land lines (1) to the cable station at
Fao, and (2) to Baghdad, &c. (for the interior and Europe).
According to the "
Levant
A geographical area corresponding to the region around the eastern Mediterranean Sea.
Herald," of 21st February 1901, the
Turkish Government had resolved to establish a telegraph line
between Basra and the Nejd district. No further information
has been received.
The British Consulate is on the south side of the entrance of British Con-
Asshar Creek. sulate.
The naval hospital is at Gardelou on the opposite side of the Turkish
river to Basra. Its capacity is not stated, but from a sketch it naval b 08 ? 1 *
appears to be an extensive and substantial building. ta1.
At Makil. about 4 miles above Basra is a settlement belonging Settlement
to the British Baghdad merchants. This is probably the at Makil.
" Margile " at which the repairing yard &c. of the Euphrates
and Tigris Steam Navigation Company is situated.
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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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- 'PERSIAN GULF AND GULF OF OMAN. RESOURCES AND COAST DEFENCES.'
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- front, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1:12, 12a:12b, 13:62, 62a:62b, 63:78, 78a:78b, 79:86, 86a:86b, 87:88, 88a:88d, 89:94, ii-r:ii-v, back-i, back
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