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IOR/L/PS/20/64
- Record Id:
- 040-000565351
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000564257
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000912.0x000005
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100036632200.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/20/64
- Title:
- PERSIAN GULF AND GULF OF OMAN. RESOURCES AND COAST DEFENCES. 1903.
- Scope & Content:
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The file contains a printed report published by the 'Admiralty, Intelligence Department (No. 694). September 1903.', providing a compilation of available information of naval, military and political value about various locations in the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. Places described include Muscat, Mussandam Promontory, Khor Kawi [Khawr al Quway‘], Elphinstone Inlet [Khawr ash Shamm], Khasab, Pirate Coast [Arabian Coast], Bahrain, Kuwait, Fao [Al Fāw], Basra, Mohammerah [Khorramshahr], Bushire, Lingah and Bundar Abbas [Bandar Abbas].
Much of the information was extracted from the Persian Gulf Pilot, 1898. The report also includes an 'Official statement of British Policy with regard to (1) the proposed Baghdad Railway; and (2) Persia and the Persian Gulf generally' given in the House of Lords, 5 May 1903; and advice on collecting information on defences such as defended areas, minefields, ordnance and under-water defences.
Two hand-stamps appear on the front cover and on folio 3, which read, 'War Office Library 27 Nov 1903', and, 'Mobilization and Intelligence Dept. 27 Nov 1903'.
The volume contains seven maps.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000564257
037-000565294
040-000565351 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/20 : Political and Secret Department Library
IOR/L/PS/20/1-289C : Political and Secret Department Library: Works received later, through official channels, plus miscellaneous items
IOR/L/PS/20/64 : PERSIAN GULF AND GULF OF OMAN. RESOURCES AND COAST DEFENCES. 1903. - Contains:
- IOR/L/PS/20/64, f 34 : CAPE JASHK (Gulf of Oman)
IOR/L/PS/20/64, f 43 : MAP SHOWING PROPOSED BAGHDAD RAILWAY
IOR/L/PS/20/64, f 48 : Rough Sketch of Operations in the Vicinity of BUSHIRE from the 3rd. to the 10th. Feby. 1857.
IOR/L/PS/20/64, f 50 : Rough Sketch of the attack on the Batteries of MOHUMRA by the combined Naval and Military Forces under command of Lt. Genl…
IOR/L/PS/20/64, f 51v : Sketch of the Ground in the Neighbourhood of AHWAZ ON THE KARUN. showing the position occupied by the PERSIAN ARMY, and…
IOR/L/PS/20/64, f 55 : GENERAL OUTLINE MAP OF THE PERSIAN GULF Showing Submarine Cables and the Principal Places mentioned in the Report.
IOR/L/PS/20/64, f 56 : ROUGH MAP OF THE COUNTRY AROUND KOWEIT. (PERSIAN GULF) (Not drawn to Scale) by Captain E.A Simons R N.(1902).
Click here to View / search full list of parts of IOR/L/PS/20/64 - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0020]/036-000564257[0009]/037-000565294[0055]/040-000565351
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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1 volume (55 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000912.0x000005
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1903
- End Date:
- 1903
- Date Range:
- Sep 1903
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 57; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Pagination: an original printed pagination sequence is present in parallel throughout.
- Former External References:
- 5A15
F.3/218 - Arrangement:
- The volume contains a frontispiece (f 3) followed by a table of contents (f 4), a list of maps and plates (f 6), a report divided into thirty-seven sections (ff 8-36), an appendix divided into seven sections (ff 36-52), an index to principal places (ff 52-53), and a map pocket holding two maps at the end (f 57).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)