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'Military Report on The Anglo-Iranian Oil Company's (South Iranian) Oilfield Area' [‎41r] (90/150)

The record is made up of 1 volume (69 folios). It was created in 1940. 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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67
APPENDIX IV.
BANDAR SHAHPUR.
I. General.
Bandar Shahpur was officially declared open in 1932.
It is situated 30 miles up the Khor Musa Channel and lies
on the seaward edge of a large mud-ilat which extends
back some 7 miles before what may properly be called the
mainland is reached. At high tide this mud-flat is
flooded to a depth of 2 to 3 feet.
i he port is on the deep water channel and consists of
a reclaimed area about 1 mile long and 400 yards unde at
its widest point which has been filled to a height of 5 to
8 feet above the natural level of the mud-bank.
^ The total population of the port amounts to some
3,000 people. I here are two good brick bungalows occu
pied by the Port Manager and the Port Maintenance
Engineer. There are also three blocks of 6 to 12 bunga
lows each for the customs and railway staff and n few
other brick buildings used by shipping agents and con
tractors. There is also a primitive brick-built rest-house.
Coolies A term used to describe labourers from a number of Asian countries, now considered derogatory. live in mud-brick huts and reed shacks.
Other buildings are a brick railway station, six small
steel-framed corrugated iron sheds used for customs and
raihvay warehouses and a brick loco shed and workshop.
A brick fire station has recently been installed with simple
fire-fighting equipment, A new brick customs iiouse is in
course of construction.
In 1940 about 80 ships entered and cleared in the
foreign trade of the port, while 5 German and 3 Italian
ships have taken permanent refuge since the outbreak of
war with their respective countries.
II. Naval Organisation.
Tvo Iranian naval sloops are usually anchored in the
channel. The Port Manager is an Iranian naval officer.
A naval barracks is being built but at present only a
handful of naval ratings live on shore.

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Military report compiled at the General Staff, Army Headquarters, India, and printed in Simla by The Manager, Government of India Press, 1940.

The volume begins with a preface (folio 3) in which notes on authorities consulted in compiling the report are given. The rest of the report is divided into nine chapters (I-IX), plus appendices, each covering a different subject, as follows:

  • Chapter I: General Description of the Area
  • Chapter II: Climate
  • Chapter III: Population
  • Chapter IV: Base Ports
  • Chapter V: Lines of Communication and Transportation Facilities
  • Chapter VI: Signal Communications
  • Chapter VII: Economic Resources and Supplies
  • Chapter VIII: Engineer and Ordnance Facilities
  • Chapter IX: Medical Facilities
  • Appendices

In a pocket at the back of the volume are the following maps and charts:

  • Abadan and Bawarda (map) (folio 64)
  • Naseri and Ahwaz, showing new bridge (map) (folio 65)
  • Dar-i-Khazineh (map) (folio 66)
  • Diagram of wireless communications (map) (folio 67)
  • Sketch map showing flood water, February-March 1938 (folio 68)
  • Road distance mileage chart (folio 69)
  • Comparative bridge loading table (folio 70)

One of the maps listed in the contents is missing: 'Map of A. I. O. C. [Anglo-Iranian Oil Company] Central and Southern areas showing oilfields, pipelines, telephone and telegraph lines'.

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1 volume (69 folios)
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There is a contents page at the front of the volume (ff 5-6) which refers to the volume's original pagination.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 71; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.

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