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'IRAQ AND THE PERSIAN GULF' [314v] (631/862)
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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490 CURRENCY, FINANCE, COMMERCE, AND OIL
total taken by the immediate land-neighbours of Iraq, excluding
transit trade. A free customs zone at Haifa was granted to Iraq in
1936, but advantage has not been taken of it.
Value of Principal Exports {Dinars)
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
Grains, pulses, and flour .
2,101,521
1,158,063
1 , 014,735
1,048,804
438,070
Wool (raw)
1,010,424
437,709
630,644
814,966
964,772
974,216
887,140
963,224
1,044,996
1,018,113
Hides and skins
381,400
185,356
155,142
I 09 , 0 Q 0
191,935
Animals (live) .
300.434
185,497
246,609
309,110
393,906
Cotton (raw) .
206,974
217,663
121,732
176,789
403,987
Intestines (casings) .
143,809
111,763
62,598
80,531
44,125
55,346
82,976
46,901
68,418
46,673
Ghi ....
29,948
10,388
6,537
13,909
268
Liquorice roots
22,713
17,842
10,540
23,205
1,718
8,640
23,570
28,707
35 ,i6i
50,196
Eggs ....
6,348
2,548
2,231
6,993
11,205
Value of Principal Imports {Dinars)
~
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
Cotton piece goods ....
1,068,507
833,013
1,050,063
855,464
664,474
Iron, cast iron, and steel .
1,240,045
1,057,696
755,215
651,479
390,227
Boilers, machinery, and tools
612,886
995,838
556,951
271,508
303,660
Sugar . . . . ...
440,053
505,143
554,185
753,339
826,281
Artificial silk piece goods .
529,121
419,543
377,717
531,904
344,083
Tea ......
351,022
346,878
332,103
423,130
380,717
Automobiles and their parts
468,669
397,973
320,081
201,216
177,927
Clothing .....
374,133
349,483
312,466
289,645
330,594
Electrical machinery
189,972
242,322
231,841
226,386
159,481
Ammunition .....
129,923
29,196
211,269
119,052
Timber ......
328,043
336,736
163,296
104,229
115,896
Cement ......
175,242
183,672
157,029
182,791
57,669
Woollen piece goods
288,608
239,588
142,285
161,145
106,929
Chemical and pharmaceutical products
196,626
112,265
133,962
173,034
142,059
Arms . . . ...
214,020
131,860
126,802
3,873
Paper and cardboard
144,921
150,830
118,115
219,547
204,011
Motor spirit .....
83,740
91,334
104,781
74,052
53,429
Rubber and rubber articles
98,041
102,199
92,130
130,821
150,956
Aircraft and watercraft
185,173
367,075
88,169
21,843
Fuel oil .
75,668
75,596
79,342
61,344
144,700
Wooden boxes for packing dates
73,855
65,869
76,359
110,975
134,433
Soap ......
95,521
101,835
66,656
109,107
95,926
Silk piece goods ....
34,284
34,979
20,877
14,624
8,502
Great Britain in the same year (1938) supplied more than one-
third of Iraq’s imports (including much of the plant and equipment
for the oilfields); the U.S.A. about one-eighth (including most of the
motor-cars); India one-tenth; and the Dutch East Indies one-
sixteenth.
The position of Japan both as supplier and customer has been
abnormal. In 1930/1 Japan supplied only i-8 per cent, of the total
imports of Iraq. This figure rose to 4-4 per cent, in 1931/2, to 6-8
in 1932/3, to 117 in 1933/4, and to 20 per cent, in 1934/5- 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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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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