'File 26/133 (F 78) Khor Musa' [51r] (111/234)
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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9. a» Khor Voreik, *hidh lm6o to maArm, lo asjoended
the water (Whl^ in the Khor um ha» n d^Bolty of ia f
the.t, ot ordinary tiea v/ator bolnp: lf>) gradually "boooiaee
freolter, md the nature ol^ the lonfi an either }r\rik changes
with It from salt ssmnnsi to oultlvatod said mature lande*
At about 15 wlleo fro^ anehorafte (t?)f or reu^ily IS sllee
below Bealya the water lo tfiilte freatif md fron testn
a^llad on 1x>ard ahl-n seen© to be r>raetlc«lly of the narne
f^ood (Quality of the {cam river wet^«r» 'ihlc freeh rater as
conec fron the Jerahl river which rice® In the inountalne
at siorwi distance and cocr^cnde Itself In the Ae»^rt # ?[hor
Dorab belnf? one of the nlaoes where It doee eo* lit© rmtn
steaia of the Jerahl Is about two miles fron Besslya# ^e
did not rlalt It# Xt would thus be easy to brlni? a »ooa
watoi>-©*inrjiy fron the Jerehi river down to any enot In the
schor Xisa, and land heinft everywhere flrt mA easily worked.
Beaiya Is the head ot dfoow wwlflBtlen, end lo a small
village otherwise unin^crt«nt» itie tidal range la about six
feet at this place.
3iare Is no toim of !>or©k t whlcfr Is the name gtvm to
the tihole of this district^ the o^lef torn of Which Is
Fell«hl®a| situated or. the ^enihl f but the preolse position
of which we oould not ascertain*
10♦ Havlni? desesnvled Kher imsa to anchorage (1), the
"Hphlnac* next proceed up ^hor Mrhader, the flannel leading
to the nort-vest, as fnr as anehora^e (?")•
This Kher Is m&t navigable to this position for sny
drauj^it ships, but would be toe narrow for turning long shlws
In*
At snchorafte and nearly all the «ray up this ^hor
the bssn^ In stGm tc t to na^, on eacdi side, and near
the head as shosn on the plan the water Is nearly fresh,
ow*ng to various nrml2 streams that run Into It, but the
country around Is quite uninhabited* This ithor Is probably
In connection with what Is !nio^n as the ^nllnd rarun*.
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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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