'File 26/133 (F 78) Khor Musa' [44r] (97/234)
The record is made up of 1 volume (116 folios). It was created in 7 Jan 1913-13 Oct 1924. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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klr
more In length appears above til# raud on the western bank of
the Klior; and at 39 miles from the entr^no* there la a small
B^ndy Islet on the eastern b^nk, oppojlte which Khor iusa
trhows off to srestwards a brimch mmsd Khor Qanaqeh.
Xhe bank of rUior Musa above tihov Qanaqeh are still low;
on the western or northern side they are of mud with saall
patches of rock and are covered at high tide; on the other
slda th«y are of i ^ud ^nd are submerged at high water springs*
K iOii UiiAdCd. - .Ihor Qanaqeh Aj & runs inland,
westwards and slightlyfnoUth*ards» for a distance of about
26 miles to the ruins of QiliBali where it forks; this is the
distance as measured in a direct line, but by the windings
of the creek it is someshat over 50 miles* -rora QUBJMH one
^ 4
branch, nuraed iihor ihu iuiadhair ^^yj^runs north and is
lost in tne marshes adjoining the Fallahlyeh^Marld canal;
tn® other, known as r <huwairln r > ^#goes south-eastwards
and meets, or almost meets, a creek called Ullalk ^£|J^^
or ^llalch which is said to leave the coast at a point
between the mouth of the babmanshir and the entrance of
Khor Kusa* ^Che level of :ihor Qanaqsh xtJUgaltimzjfcexssmuisJksA
as far as ^ubban and of its branches beyond Qubban is
affected by the sea tides*
It is Interesting to observe that the head of Khor
Qanaqeh at Qubban is connected by a hollow, now dry, with
tn * KiUtUK river at Uarld; and it Is easy to imagine that,as
the inhabitants of the tract assert, the KAttUH or part of It
at one tim^ flowed to uUiiBiUi and thence to the sea either
by the Khuwalrin and the Sllaik creek or by iChor Qanaqeh
ind ichor uusa* iha water in s upper part of Khor Qanaqeh is
nearly fresh; at flood it Is drinkable In the upper third,
ana at ebb upper h 4lf of the creek* Xhe brinks of Khor
qanaqeh at 7 miles from its mouth and upwards are 4 to 6
faer* uu;n, iirm , and covered with coarse grass; but nearer
to t.vj wain iChor they ar^ liable to be overflowed at sprirut
bank
tidue* ihe west/of the ^huwairin ne ^r QUbbAil is of hard
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The volume contains correspondence pertaining to a survey of Khor Musa carried out in light of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company's consideration of it for an ocean port. The correspondents include the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. at Bushire, the 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. in London, the Foreign Office in London, the British Minister at Tehran, the British Consul at Mohammerah [Korramshahr], the Government of India, the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at Bahrain, the Director of the Royal Indian Marine at Bombay, the commanders of the HMS Lawrence and HMS Palinurus , Sheikh Khazal [Khaz‘al Āl Ka‘bī] of Mohammerah, the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, and the Mesopotamia Persia Corporation.
The volume covers the granting of first refusal for leasing of land around Khor Musa to the British by Sheikh Khazal in 1912 (folios 1D-17), and then continues onto the main subject of organising the survey in 1921-22 until the Anglo-Persian Oil Company eventually rejected the proposal in early 1922.
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- 1 volume (116 folios)
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The volume is arranged chronologically.
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Foliation: The volume is foliated from the front cover to the inside back cover, using circled pencil numbers positioned in the top-right corner of each recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. . A second foliation system runs through the volume, using uncircled pencil numbers in the same position as the main foliation system.The following foliation anomalies occur: 1 is followed by 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D; 26 is followed by 27A, 27B.
Foldouts: folios 11, 12.
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- 'File 26/133 (F 78) Khor Musa'
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- front, front-i, 1ar:1dv, 2r:14v, 16r:26v, 27br:27bv, 28r:85v, 87r:90v, 92r:98v, 101r:101v, 103r:104v, 106r:107v, 109r:111v, back-i, back
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