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'IRAQ AND THE PERSIAN GULF' [7v] (19/862)
The record is made up of 1 volume (430 folios). It was created in 1944. 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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VI
CONTENTS
PAGE
V. HISTORY 206
Sumerian and Babylonian Period (206): Sumer and Akkad
(206)—Supremacy of Babylon (210)—Egyptians and Hittites
(212)—Rise of Assyria (213)—Assyrian Empire (216)—Fall of
Assyria (219)—Babylonian Way of Life (220)—Persian
Achaemenid Empire (224).
Classical Period (227): Alexander and Seleucid Empire (227)
—Parthian Empire (229)—Parthian Mesopotamia (231)—Com
merce and Trade Routes (233)—Sassanid Empire (234)—Wars
(236)—Religion (237).
Arab Caliphates (239): Moslem Conquest (239)—Omayyad
Caliphate (240)— Abbasid Caliphate (242): Seljuks and Turks
( 2 45)—Non-Moslems (246)—Civilization (248).
Ottoman Empire (254): Mongols and Turkomans (254) —
'Furko-Persian Conflicts (256)—Internal Affairs (258)—Mamluk
Pashas (259) Arab Tribes (261)—Wahhabis of Nejd (261)—
Dynasties of Kurdistan (262)—European Trade (263)—Re
formed Administration (265)—Tribal Policy (267)—Foreign
Relations and the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
(268)—The War of 1914-18
(270).
Modern Iraq (285): From Mandate to Independence (285) :
Iraqi Nationalism (286)—Origins of the Mandate (288)—Arab
Revolt (290)- —New Constitution (292)— Anglo-Iraqi Treaty
(293) Working of the Mandate (295) — Independent Iraq
(299) • Political Methods and Crises (300) —Army in Politics
(302)— Anti-Zionism (304)— Anglo-Iraqi War of 1941 (304)—
Minority Problems (307): Kurdistan and Mosul (307)—
Assyrians (312)— Other Minorities (315)—Foreign Relations
(316): Persia (316) Saudi Arabia (318)—Syria and Palestine
.(320).
VI. PEOPLE
Physical Characteristics (324)— Religion (325): Islam (226)—
\ezidis (330)—Sabians (331)—Jews (332)—Christians^ (332)
( ^ a° F 1 LlF ^ (. 335 ) : Arabs ( 335 )—Economic Organization
( 336 ;—Arab Tribal System (337)—Kurds (340)—Social
Organization (341)—Kurdish Tribes and Titles (343)— Daily
Life (344): Food and Fuel (344)—Clothing (345)—Houses and
Villages (347)—Life in the Towns (349).
VII. DISTRIBUTION OF THE PEOPLE
rT-Tp Dist ? ibu tion (352): Density (35 3 )-Urban and
Rural Population (355)—Increase of Population (359)—
DiSTRmuTmN by Tribe and Race (361): Arabs ( 3 6i)-Beduin
Fith^t P m r K ? h ^ teS -n Tl ? beS ( 3 ^ 3 ) Middle and Lower
Euphrates Tribes (364)—Baghdad-Diyala Arabs (368)—Tigris
nbes ( 370 ,—Kurds (371)—of the Diyala Basin (373)—of the
Assyrian Flams and Foothills (374)— 0 f the Mountain Basins
^751 lurkomans, Persians, Indians, and Europeans (378)
Sar™ MaR Y : Moslems (379) Shebeks,
Sams, Kakais, Yezidis, Sabians (381)—Jews, Christians (382)
322
352
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The volume is titled Iraq and the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (London: Naval Intelligence Division, 1944).
The report contains preliminary remarks by the Director of Naval Intelligence, 1942 (John Henry Godfrey) and the Director of Naval Intelligence, 1944 (E G N Rushbrook).
There then follows thirteen chapters:
- I. Introduction.
- II. Geology and description of the land.
- III. Coasts of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
- IV. Climate, vegetation and fauna.
- V. History.
- VI. People.
- VII. Distribution of the people.
- VIII. Administration and public life.
- IX. Public health and disease.
- X. Irrigation, agriculture, and minor industry.
- XI. Currency, finance, commerce and oil.
- XII. Ports and inland towns.
- XIII. Communications.
- Appendices: stratigraphy; meteorological tables; ten historical sites, chronological table; weights and measures; authorship, authorities and maps.
There follows a section listing 105 text figures and maps and a section listing over 200 illustrations.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (430 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume is divided into a number of chapters, sub-sections whose arrangement is detailed in the contents section (folios 7-13) which includes a section on text-figures and maps, and list of illustrations. The volume consists of front matter pages (xviii), and then a further 682 pages in the original pagination system.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 430; 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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- 'IRAQ AND THE PERSIAN GULF'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:253r, 254r, 255r:429v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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