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'Military Report on The Anglo-Iranian Oil Company's (South Iranian) Oilfield Area' [41v] (91/150)
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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68
III. Defences.
Apart from the sloops above mentioned the only defence
force consists of an infantry detachment of about 75 men
who are quartered in 3 blue-painted wooden huts. There
are no defence works.
IV. Port Facilities.
The port is the terminus of the Iranian State Railway
which runs north by a single track to Ahwaz, Tehran and
Bandar Shah on the Caspian. On the raised area there
are 4 main railway sidings and a Y for turning locomo
tives. The main line runs lengthwise through this area
and leads out on to a jetty over a wooden viaduct some
300 yards long. The original jetty was also a timber
construction but an extension on steel piles has been
added giving a total length of 850 feet. Th e jetty
carries a, triple railway track but its capacity is limited
by the single track approach.
There are no fixed cranes. Loading and unloading is
carried out by ships' derricks supplemented by two 15-ton
travelling steam cranes operated by the railways. There
aie also two 10-ton caterpillar cranes for manipulating
cargo in the customs. Under present conditions the cargo
capacity of the port is about 800 tons a day. Recently
b\ a special effort <,500 tons of bagged wheat was dis
charged in 8 days.
Cargo is also occasionally discharged into barges which
are unloaded over planks to the shore. There are 7 steel
barges m the port ; 4 carrying an approximate load of
100 tons are owned by the Port authorities and 3 carrying
an approximate load of 250 tons by the German Hansa
Line. The latter are not worked.
The following motor craft are also available
1 small tug used to take pilots to the mouth of the
Khor Musa.
1 powerful towing launch belonging to the Hansa
Line.
2 small motor boats belonging to the Lloyd Triestino.
2 small naval motor boats which are used for handl-
ing baiges with Iranian Government cargo.
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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)
- Arrangement
There is a contents page at the front of the volume (ff 5-6) which refers to the volume's original pagination.
- Physical characteristics
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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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:7v, 8ar, 8r:8v, 9ar, 9r:12v, 12av, 13ar, 13r:63v, 69r:70v, back-i
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