'A strategical study of Persia and the Persian Gulf'

Title:

'A strategical study of Persia and the Persian Gulf'

Date:

1913/1913

Description:

Abstract: This volume contains a strategical study of Persia and the Persian Gulf for the purpose of foreseeing the development of British military and commercial activity in Persia. The volume was prepared by the General Staff, Army Headquarters, India, and printed at the Government Monotype Press, Simla, 1913.It is divided into four sections: 'Information', mainly of geographical and social kind (folios 5-30); 'Strategical Conditions'(folios 9-32); 'Social and Political Conditions' analysing how other national powers play out in the area (folios 31-55); 'General Conclusions' acknowledging the Russian influence over the Northern Zone and the British influence over the Southern Zone of Persia, including the Gulf and over lower Mesopotamia [Iraq], and analysing the Turkish claim over the area (folios 56-57) and 'Tables and Appendices' containing information on the Russian and Turkish armies and on the Persian and Arabic Tribes (folios 58-73).There are three identical maps of Persia contained in a box enclosed to the volume, each containing statistic information supporting the strategical study.Physical description: Foliation: there is a foliation sequence, which is circled in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto of each folio. It begins on the front cover, on number 1, and ends on the inside of the back cover, on number 75. Folios 65, 68 and 72-73 extend to about twice the size of the other folios. There is an original pagination, from 2-130.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

International relations

Geographic region:

Persia
Persian Gulf

Rights:

رخصة حكومة مفتوحة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000239.0x000141_ar
81055/vdc_100000000239.0x000141_en
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/27
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/27

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