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'PERSIAN GULF AND GULF OF OMAN. RESOURCES AND COAST DEFENCES.' [60] (66/114)
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 AXD DEFENCES.
CAPE JASHK (or JASHAK).
{ See Admiralty Charts 2,862, 2,837 a , and 753, also Plate 1.)
Passage
distances.
Anchorage,
&c.
Supplies.
- VT „
- „ 520 „
- „ 105 „
- - „ 120 „
- „ 130 „
the E. side of the Cape for
Cape Jashk, on the Persian coast, S.E. of the Gulf entrance,
is an important British cable station. Jashk itself, with its
ruined fort, lies 6| miles N. of the Cape and 1 mile inland ; it
has a population of about 200 males, and does a little trade with
Maskat. At Cape Jashk, in addition to the telegraph build
ings, there is a village with a fortified residence Tor the Persian
governor. The relative positions of the various buildings,
&c. are clearly shown on Plate 1. The native inhabitants are
Baluchis. In January 1903 it was reported that good relations
prevailed between the telegraph officials and the Persian
authorities.
There is very little trade. Dried fish is exported.
The approximate distance of Cape Jashk from—
Bassidu - - - - is 166 miles.
Bombay - - - ,, 960 „
Duhat Haffa
Karachi - - -
Khor-ash-Shem
Kishm Town -
Maskat - - -
There is an open anchorage on
deep draught vessels.
The best landing place on this side is on the sandy beach
which extends for 1 mile between the cable house and the cliff's
E. of it.
On the VT. side of the Cape there is an open anchorage for
moderate draught vessels.
Opposite this anchorage there is a good landing place a quarter
of a mile N. of the main telegraph buildings and close to the
residence of the Persian governor. There are no piers or
built landing places. Landing is not possible in very heavy
weather.
Coal. —There is no coal. Firewood is abundant.
Water. —The water supply is not very good, and great care
and economy has to be exercised. No water is available for
cultivation, &c.
The telegraph officials depend on rain-water for drinking and
cooking, and on well water for other purposes. The
sepoys
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.
of
the native guard use well-water for everything.
The wells and tanks are shown on Plate 1, and are as
follows :—
(1) Large and small wells about 1 mile N.E. of the telegraph
station (shown as " tank " on Chart 2,862). The large
well is lined with stone, and is connected with the small
well, 20 yards away, by an underground passage.
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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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