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'Military Report on The Anglo-Iranian Oil Company's (South Iranian) Oilfield Area' [42r] (92/150)
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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GO
All lo.iflin" and unloading is a Government monopoly
and is carried out by Iranbar, a department oi’ the
Ministry of Finance.
Communications apart from the railway are either
poor or altogether lacking. There is no road or telephone
and the only telegraph is the railway telegraph which is
available for public use only between 1 and 2 p. m. and
after 9 at night. There is a Post Office at the railway
station but letters to Ahwaz take 3 days. A new Post
Office is under construction.
(a) Berths and Anchorages.
Th*e width of the Khor Musa deep channel is from i
to £ mile and ships of 28 feet draught can reach the jetty.
The depth of water at the bar of the Khor Musa is
about 22 feet L. W. 0. S. T. The depth of water at the
face of the jetty is over 30 feet, while 45 feet out from
the face of the jetty the depth is 60 feet L. W. 0. S. T.
The approximate rise and fall of tide at spring tide at
tl'<e bar is 11 feet, at the port 18 feet.
Two ships can berth alongside the jetty simultaneously.
(b) Fuelling Facilities.
None. Fuel oil could be supplied to ships at the jetty
from 40-ton railway tank wagons, if required. It is
delivered to the German and Italian ships by the Iranian
naval tank barge.
(c) Water Supply.
None. All drinking water is brought by rail from
Ahwaz and boiler water by rail from Gurgur, half-way
to Ahwaz. The Iranian navy brings its water from
Khorramshahr in a 100-ton tank barge, which is also
used for delivering water to the German and Italian
ships.
(d) Provisions.
Local produce (mutton, beef, foAvls, eggs and Persian
vegetables) are available in small quantities.
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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'.
- Extent and format
- 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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- 'Military Report on The Anglo-Iranian Oil Company's (South Iranian) Oilfield Area'
- Pages
- 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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