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'IRAQ AND THE PERSIAN GULF' [‎69v] (143/862)

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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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9© GEOLOGY AND DESCRIPTION OF THE LAND
the Khalkhal Dagh slope gently south-westwards to the valley of the
Jolak, broad and fertile, which has always offered an easy route
between Altun Kopru and Kirkuk. Its perennial stream enters the
Little Zab 2 miles below Altun Kopru.
Fig. 24. Foothills and Plains of Central and Northern Assyria
Within the next 20 miles the Little Zab passes through gaps in two
structural folds, first the oil-bearing Avana Dagh and Kani Domlan
hills, then the Jabal Qara Chauq and its south-easterly extension,
Jabal Batiwa. The hills on the right bank are considerably higher
than those on the left, and the ground between them better watered
and more undulating. The river flows in a broad bed with many
islands. Beyond its passage through the line of the Jabal Qara Chauq,
cultivation becomes limited to small patches along the river banks, to
which water is sometimes lifted from the river; but on either side is a
level plain at about 500 feet above sea-level with pasture only in
spring. The plain on the right bank is more broken by stream-beds
than that on the left, the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Fadha being the chief; but both are

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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.

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1 volume (430 folios)
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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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