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'IRAQ AND THE PERSIAN GULF' [330r] (662/862)
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
General Description (figs. 80, 81; photos. 196-199)
The Maqil port area covers more than 1,500 acres. The main
wharves (berths 3 to 8) have a continuous frontage of 3,000 feet and a
minimum depth of 25 feet; they are served by three lines of railway
sidings. Adjacent and parallel to the main wharves is the 30-acre
transit area, enclosed by a steel fence and containing transit sheds and
warehouses served by two lines of railway sidings. Upstream of the
main wharves is the port grain sief area of 42 acres, which has sepa
rate wharves and sidings. Downstream of the main wharves near
Jubaila is the R.A.F. area, with four wharves. There are also three
oil jetties at Muftiya, downstream of Jubaila, and numerous native
craft jetties (including Viceroy’s Pier) at Ashar.
Recent war development has included the provision of a lighter
berth upstream of the grain sief area, the dredging of the grain
wharves to give two deep-water berths, the construction of a new
deep-water berth immediately downstream of the main wharves,
replacing native jetties, and the deepening of the R.A.F. berths.
Thus there are now 11 deep-water berths: 2 at the grain sief, 6 at the
main wharves, 1 downstream of the main wharves, and 2 in the R.A.F.
area. Before 1940 the only deep-water berths were the six at the main
wharves.
The railway marshalling yards and goods station are alongside the
transit area, and .the passenger station a short distance behind it.
There is a modern airport north-west of the grain siefs, comprising
an all-weather landing-field, a seaplane basin, and an adjacent stretch
of the Shatt al Arab suitable for flying-boats.
The modern Port Headquarters building overlooks the transit
area. The port and railway staff quarters and recreation grounds
extend a mile inland.
On either side of Maqil are two areas suitable for depots. The
Qarmat Ali area, north-west of the airport, has been raised, levelled,
and cambered. The Makina area, south of the R.A.F. area, has salt-
impregnated soil and is liable to become a quagmire in wet weather.
Coal Island, in mid-stream opposite the airport,would make a suitable
coal and wood depot of 30 acres.
Detailed Description
Wharves. No reliable plan is available for the latest construction,
but the following list represents the maximum development in 1944.
Wharves are built of teak.
A 5195 Ll
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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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