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'PERSIAN GULF AND GULF OF OMAN. RESOURCES AND COAST DEFENCES.' [80] (90/114)
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 country must approach via Jehara from the W. or N. In
the absence of information provision must be made against
modern rifles and field guns. 0
Koweit is secure from attack by sea.
Forces Available.
The scheme mentions a body of 3,000 Arab riflemen (presum
ably the " mounted column " referred to in another place), but
does not state the total strength of the Koweit forces. There
was unlimited labour for intrenching, &c.
The land forces were supported "by the following- vessels •—
" Marathon," " Sphinx," " Lapwing," and "Redbreast," together
with the shallow draught gunboats " Assaye "and " Plassy " and
also the following dhows :—
6 fitted for 1—3-pr. Hotchkiss each.
2 „ 1—7-pr. R.M.L.
1 „ 1-9-,,r. „
1 he dhows could be armed at one hour's notice.
The scheme proposed, if time allowed; to arm all the dhows
with 9-prs instead of the lighter guns, and to increase the
number of dhows to 12.
Field Guns required in addition to those Available.
r lhe scheme required 6—7-pr. field guns for use with the
mounted columns; the gnus were to be drawn by camels and
served by Arabs (already well trained to the work with similar
guns from the ships).
Froposed Measures for Defence.*
1. Jehara Fort (commanding the wells 1,900 yards N W of it)
to be held by trained Arabs with two Nordenfelt machine guns.
Ihe tort to be connected with the sea by a line of trenches
(U nnles in length) manned by 3,000 Arab riflemen.
Ihe •'mounted columns " to be accompanied bv 6 7-nr field
guns drawn by camels.
The armed dhows and two shallow draught gunboats to lie in
e Duhat Kathama, extended from a point as close as possible to
.Jehara, for several miles along the coast to the N.E. close in
shore, with the object, (1) of commanding the beach road and
denying it to a hostile advance, and (2) of supporting the Jehara
trenches and fort with long range fire (distance 3,000 to 6,000
yarcte).
(NJ.O. Note. It was anticipated that holding the beach road
woiiid compel the enemy to advance via Sahwan. It is suggested
wi h leserve that the enemy might have utilised the E. route and
then crossed over to the desert route before coming within rano -e
oi the ships guns). e
actaaUycVrtruTted? 15 " 0 ontrend ' ments emplacements were
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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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- 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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