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'IRAQ AND THE PERSIAN GULF' [87r] (178/862)
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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DESCRIPTION OF THE LAND
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north-east of the ‘nappe front’ are seen to be clearly different from
those of the more regularly folded mountains to the south-west. The
reason is that the thick layer or ‘nappe’ of extraneous rocks covers the
original strata, and only those parts that are clear of the nappe show
the more regular grain of the country, where the strike is already
beginning to change direction from north-west to west. The country
towards the frontier away from the main valleys is not well known,
but it appears that the Rubar-i-Ruwandiz leaves the nappe zone just
above the junction with the Chamrakhan, while the Barasgird and
Haji Beg leave it about 8 miles above their union. Almost the whole
of the Rubar-i-Shin and upper Zab basins within Iraq boundaries
are clear of extraneous rocks. For the purposes of description the
region is therefore divided into two main blocks, south-east and
north-west of the Rukuchuk.
(a) The South-eastern Block. The Chia-i-Nivakhin or Baradost
Dagh is the only normal limestone range in this area; it reaches from
the Rubar-i-Ruwandiz opposite the town of Ruwandiz to the Ruku
chuk, a distance of about 25 miles. It is very similar to the Karokhi
Dagh (p. 106), and is part of the same fold cut through by the Ruwan
diz river and its right-bank tributary, the lower Balikian. It forms a
long ridge with a precipitous crest generally over 5,000 feet, rising to
the highest point (6,809 ft.) in the middle. The north-western end
has been completely severed from the main range by a deep cliff-sided
ravine and has been deeply dissected by drainage to the Zab. A diffi
cult mule-track crosses the main ridge from Havdian near its south
east end, but otherwise the crest is inaccessible except on foot. Both
slopes are steep, the south-western frequently dropping with sheer
cliffs to the Ruwandiz and Zab rivers. Except for scrub on the lower
slopes, the range is mostly bare. There are a number of natural caves
in the limestone, some with rather lurid reputations, the largest being
near Havdian. Along the north-eastern foot of the range drainage
is collected in a parallel trough, more than two-thirds of which is
occupied by the Balikian tributary of the Rubar-i-Ruwandiz, which
cuts a deep gash in the mountain side near the confluence 3 miles
below Ruwandiz town; but for almost the whole of its course this
trough offers an easy line of communication between Ruwandiz and
the Rukuchuk. Its north-western end is drained by a steep narrow
ravine to the Rukuchuk, and a small central section has been captured
by drainage to the Zab.
Immediately north of Ruwandiz and east of the Balikian is an open
plain, the Dasht-i-Diana, 5 miles by 4, only 2,000 feet above sea-level,
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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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