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'DIARY OF A TOUR IN THE PERSIAN GULF AND IN TURKISH ARABIA, DECEMBER, 1906 (WITH MAP)' [22v] (44/106)
The record is made up of 53 folios. It was created in 1907. 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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“ About the centre of the bar is marked
by Lawrence Buoy, which is a conical
buoy painted vertically with red and white
stripes.
“ The Deep Channel, is marked by two
Drum Buoys painted black, and called No.
1 and No. 2 in order from Outer Bar. In
this channel we get ample water varying
from 3J to 4 fathoms.
“ The entrance to Inner Bar is marked by
a black conical buoy lying in 15 feet L.W.S.
and23 feet H.W.S. Cargo , vessels, as a rule,
leave Basra at a draught of about 16 feet
for crossing the bar at spring tides. If they
wish to take more cargo, they anchor at
Outer Buoy and the remainder of their
cargo is brought over the bar to them
by means of shallow-draught steam
lighters.’’
I may mention that we are drawing
exactly 16J feet on this voyage, and that,
with some stirring up of mud, we have
crossed the bar without incident. We are
again at anchor, as we are not due at
Bushire till to-morrow morning and so
need not start till nightfall. As I complete
these notes a curious rippling noise attracts
the ear. A ridge of mud-laden water
advances and rapidly covers the surface of
the Gulf for miles around us. It is the
pent-up flood of the Tigris and Euphrates,
a volume of a quarter of a million cusecs,
rich with the silt of ages, which, with the
ebb of the tide, seeks an abiding resting-
place amidst the bright green waters of the
Gulf.
And so, with a heightened interest in the
problems of the Middle East, and with, per
haps, some increase of knowledge; with
friendships made with useful people, and
numerous promises of help and correspon
dence, we turn our backs on Turkish
Arabia and shape a course for Bushire and
Karachi.
W. MALLESON.
2§th December 1906.
; G. M. Prose, Simla.—No. 6 L B.—26 4.07.—30.—K.P.M.
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Wilfrid Malleson, Diary of a Tour in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and in Turkish Arabia A term used by the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to, but not coextensive with, modern-day Iraq under the control of the Ottoman Empire. (Simla: Government Monotype Press, 1907). This is the diary of a tour in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and Turkish Arabia A term used by the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to, but not coextensive with, modern-day Iraq under the control of the Ottoman Empire. by Lieutenant-Colonel Wilfrid Malleson, 7th-29th December, 1906. It describes his journey up the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. from Muscat to Basra, Muhammerah [Khorramshahr], and onto Baghdad, including periods in quarantine stations as well as the competing shipping lines, types of boats, date trade, and life in Baghdad. Includes his description of life in Muscat for the British Consul and encounters with German and Russian diplomats.
Includes 53 annotated photographs (ff 23-50) of the journey including views of Baghdad, Basra, Ctesiphon, and Musandam as well as two maps (ff 51-52).
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- 53 folios
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Folios 3- 14 are the written diary of the tour. Folio 23 has two prints (Muscat harbour; the telegraph station and post office at Fao. Folios 24-50 are photographs. Folio 51 is a map of the entrance to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , folio 52 is a map of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
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Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the front cover and terminates at the inside back cover; 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 (except for f 52, where the folio number is located on the verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. ). Pagination: The volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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- 'DIARY OF A TOUR IN THE PERSIAN GULF AND IN TURKISH ARABIA, DECEMBER, 1906 (WITH MAP)'
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- front, front-i, 2r:22v, 50r, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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