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'IRAQ AND THE PERSIAN GULF' [19v] (43/862)
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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I2 INTRODUCTION
ninteenth centuries are being replaced by names which date back
sometimes to the Abbasid geographers. Thus Qaraghan has been
turned into Jaloula, Shahraban into Muqdadiya. The names
familiar from English accounts of the country have been generally
retained in this book, but alternatives are given in the Index where
possible, and occasionally in brackets in the text.
Sources of Information
From 1918 to 1931 annual Reports were issued by the Mandatory
administration which gave detailed information on all aspects of
the country’s life. Since then there has been a remarkable dearth
of information from official and unofficial sources alike, and it is
extremely difficult to probe beneath the surface of events in Iraq
or even to discover simple facts about the country s economic
organization. Such statistical and other information as is published
is by no means reliable, partly because in the last resort the popu
lation of Iraq do not willingly give information about themselves to
State officials, partly because the Iraqi administration has not the
experience of a long-established bureaucracy for the compilation of
accurate information. Hence statistical information is generally out
of date and trustworthy only as a general guide to the minimum
rather than the maximum capabilities of the country.
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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.
- Physical characteristics
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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- Title
- 'IRAQ AND THE PERSIAN GULF'
- Pages
- 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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- Open Government Licence