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'IRAQ AND THE PERSIAN GULF' [258r] (518/862)
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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THE CONSTITUTION 39!
Organic Law should (1) contain nothing contrary to the provisions
of the treaty with Britain then in force; (2) take account of the rights,
wishes, and interests of all populations inhabiting Iraq; (3) ensure to
all complete freedom of conscience and the free exercise of all forms
of worship, subject only to the maintenance of public order and
morals; (4) provide that no discrimination of any kind shall be made
between the inhabitants of Iraq on the ground of race, religion, or
language; and (5) secure that the right of each community to main
tain its own schools for the education of its own members in its own
language shall not be denied or impaired.
The Crown
The king confirms laws and orders their promulgation, issues
orders for the holding of general elections to the Chamber of Depu
ties, appoints senators, and confirms the election of the President
and Vice-President of the two Chambers. He opens and may adjourn
or prorogue Parliament. When Parliament is not sitting he may issue
ordinances having the force of law by means of Royal Iradas. These
require later confirmation by Parliament. The king may also issue
ordinances for the fulfilment of treaty obligations; these do not need
the confirmation of Parliament.
By the Royal Family Ordinance of 1936) as amended two years
later, a council consisting of the King, the Prime Minister, the Presi
dents of the Senate and the Chamber, and the Ministers of the In
terior and Justice, exists to deal with matters of personal status con
nected with members of the Royal Family.
Parliament and Cabinet
The legislative body consists of a Senate and a Chamber of De
puties. The Senate or Majlis al Aayan consists of 20 members,
nominated by the king to serve for 8 years, one-half retiring or being
reappointed every 4 years. The Chamber of Deputies or Majlis al
Nuwwab contains 150 elected deputies, nominally one for every 20,000
male Iraqi subjects, women having no vote. The number is increased
with changes of population. The non-Moslem communities must be
represented in the Lower House. The voting is by secret ballot on
the old Ottoman system of primary and secondary elections. All en
franchised persons elect electors in the proportion of 1 to 250 of their
number, who in turn elect the deputies. Thus lip-service at least
is paid to democracy (p. 302).
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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