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'IRAQ AND THE PERSIAN GULF' [108v] (221/862)
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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H 2 * COASTS OF THE
PERSIAN GULF
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
bays fringed by salt-marsh, and several isolated sandhills, to A 1 Khobar.
Inland of A 1 Khobar is Jabal Dhahran, 300 feet high, the principal
field of the California Arabian Standard Oil Company. There are
about twenty oil-wells in the area. The crude oil is pumped through
pipes to storage tanks and terminals at A 1 Khobar and at Ras Tannura
(P- HS)* whence it is shipped to Bahrein for refining. It is hoped
that this field may prove to be one of the richest in the east. From
A 1 Khobar the coast curves north and north-west for nearly 15 miles
to the ruined town and fort of Damman, and a further 10 miles north
west to Qatif. There is a dry-weather motor-road from Oqair to
Qatif, through Dhahran, A 1 Khobar, and Damman. Many reefs and
shoals lie off the coast.
Qatif is composed of a fort containing 700 houses near the beach,
a bazar, and seven suburban villages among the date-groves of its
damp, unhealthy oasis. There is plentiful water from springs. Qatif
can be reached by small craft through several channels, but landing
is inconvenient. It exports dates and imports foodstuffs. There is a
motor-road north to Ras Tannura and a dry-weather road south
east to Oqair. Jazirat Tarut lies off Qatif on the coastal reef which
extends nearly 10 miles off shore: on it are date-groves, two forts,
and an emergency landing-ground.
Bahrein Islands
The Bahrein islands lie inside the entrance to the gulf of Bahrein
between Qatif and the north end of the Qatar peninsula. The
principal island, Bahrein itself, is 30 miles from north to south and
nearly 10 miles from east to west in the north, tapering southwards.
Manama, the capital, is at the north-eastern tip (photo. 61). The
low and sandy Muharraq island, north-east of Bahrein, is 3 miles from
east to west and has three southward promontories: Muharraq town
is on the west of these, and A 1 Hadd town on the east. Sitra, a palm-
covered island 4^ miles long and if miles wide, lies off the east coast
of Bahrein near its north end. Umm Nasan, a low desert island with
two peaks, is 3! miles long and zf miles wide and lies off the west
coast of Bahrein in the same latitude as Sitra. There are also several
small uninhabited islets in the group.
Bahrein island is formed by a gentle dome of limestones, flints,
and marls. The centre of the island is occupied by a large uncultivated
depression 13 miles long and 4 miles wide surrounded by limestone
cliffs. Jabal Dukhan, a hill of darker limestone, which contains the
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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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