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'IRAQ AND THE PERSIAN GULF' [242v] (489/862)
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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360 DISTRIBUTION OF POPULATION
statistics. The administrative estimates of the population since 1930
have shown a continuous and rapid increase despite local fluctuations:
Year
Thousands of persons
1930
2,824
1932
2,857
1935
3 , 56 o
1943
3,995
Between 1930 and 1935 the increase was evenly spread through most
of the provinces, but between 1935 and 1943 practically the whole
increase of 435,000 is accounted for by Baghdad province alone,
which has nearly doubled its population in 8 years. For, although in
the same period most other provinces have shown a steady increase or
have remained stable, two provinces, Sulaimaniya and Diwaniya,
have shown decreases which nearly cancel the increase in all the others
except Baghdad. Whether the increase of Baghdad province is due
mainly to influx from other areas is not easy to determine. There
certainly is internal migration into the urban area of Baghdad. But it
is arguable here and elsewhere that apparent increases reflect greater
efficiency and ingenuity on the part of the census officials as well as an
excess of births over deaths, and that the population of Iraq is more
stable than has been supposed.
Provinces. In northern Iraq, Mosul, Erbil, and Kirkuk have shown
steady increases from 1932 to 1943, but Sulaimaniya has fluctuated
violently (103,000 in 1932, 184,000 in 1935, 142,000 in 1943).
In central Iraq, Baghdad has shown a great increase {above). Dulaim
was stable; Diyala has been stable since 1935.
Of the Middle and Lower Euphrates provinces, Hilla and Karbala
have shown a slight increase. Diwaniya has fluctuated wildly (3 41,000,
416,000, and 292,000 in the three latter estimates). Muntafiq has
been stable.
Of the lower Tigris provinces, Kut and Basra have shown a steady
and Amara a slight increase.
Statistics exist for births and deaths only at the cities of Baghdad,
Mosul, and Basra. As the population of these cities are very imper
fectly estimated no useful percentage increases can be worked out.
The figures for a representative year (1937) were:
Registered number of births and deaths
• _
Baghdad
Mosul
Basra
Births
■ 9,483
3,438
1,709
Deaths
• 7,599
2,086
U 775
1,884 +
U 352 +
66
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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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