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'IRAQ AND THE PERSIAN GULF' [329r] (660/862)
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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PORTS AND INLAND TOWNS 511
with Great Britain, U.S.A., India, Japan, and the Dutch East Indies,
in that order, up to 1940.
Local industries, apart from the engineering works attached to the
port and railway, are confined to the ancillary crafts necessary for
urban life; blacksmiths, metal-workers, boat-builders, carpenters,
masons, and bricklayers are numerous, though their standards are
low. There are numerous bakeries, four principal ice factories pro
ducing 27 tons a day, and at least 16 small soda-water factories apart
from the port and R.A.F. plants.
Port of Basra
The Port of Basra Authority extends along the Shatt al Arab for
90 miles from its mouth as far as Nahr Umr, 20 miles above Maqil,
its chief centre. Maqil can be approached by any ship capable of
using the dredged channels up the Shatt al Arab: the present limits
(1943) are a draught of 30 feet and a length of 600 feet, but for the
best working results the draught should not exceed 25 feet and the
length should be between 400 and 500 feet. The main wharves have
25 feet of water alongside at low water. There are ten berths for
vessels drawing between 23 and 26 feet, and numerous moorings in
mid-stream. There is a subsidiary lighter basin opposite Ashar at
Tanuma.
Shipping and Commerce
The port is used by ocean steamers, sea-going native sailing-craft,
and inland-water craft. The number of steamers which entered the
Shatt al Arab in 1938/9 was 1,220, but the majority were oil tankers
loading at Abadan: only 272 docked in the actual port of Basra, and
948 entered Abadan and Khorramshahr (Persia). In 1938/9, 6,630
sea-going native craft entered the Shatt al Arab, of which 2,568
were bound for Iraq and 4,062 for Persia.
The imports through the port of Basra for 1938/9 totalled 354,467
tons, of which 21,708 tons were carried by sea-going native craft.
The exports for the same year were 455,002 tons, of which 58,967
tons were carried by sea-going native craft. The principal exports
are grain and dates; wool, hides, liquorice-root, and cotton are
subsidiary. Imports include building materials, timber, cement,
machinery, piece goods, tea, and sugar.
Basra is also an important port for passengers, including tourists
and pilgrims. In 1938, 10,524 passengers disembarked and 8,946
sailed.
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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'
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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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