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'IRAQ AND THE PERSIAN GULF' [331r] (664/862)
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
5*5
Oil, Coal, and Water-supplies. Ocean-going vessels normally refuel
at Abadan, where unlimited supplies of oil are available. Small craft,
including port craft, inland water craft, and lighters, can lie along
side the Rafidain Oil Company’s jetties at Muftiya, where 400,000
gallons of oil are normally stored.
Coal is not ordinarily available for bunkers, as small stocks only
are maintained for local requirements, but there are handling facilities.
Water from the port filtration plant at Jubaila is available in ample
supply for shipping, from standards on the wharves or from water
barges. Boiler water can be taken direct from the river. The R.A.F.
area has its own filtration plant, chlorination plant, and pumping
station, which also supplies the R.A.F. station at Shuaiba by an
underground pipe-line. The R.A.F. also owns a large filtration barge.
Capacity. The daily capacity of the port was estimated in 1941 at
1,800 tons, and the potential daily capacity at 3,600 to 5,400 tons.
Communications
Sea. The British India Steam Navigation Company maintains a
weekly fast mail service to Bombay via Bushire and Karachi, and also
a weekly slow mail service to Bombay calling at the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
ports.
In 1939 regular direct cargo services were maintained to Europe
by the Strick, Ellerman, Hansa, and Lloyd Triestino Lines, and
to the Far East by the Nippon Yusen Kaisha and the Peninsular and
Oriental Steam Navigation Company.
River. River steamers and barges ply regularly on the Tigris to
Baghdad, and small native sailing-craft trade on the lower Tigris
and Euphrates (pp. 559-61). Inland water craft mainly use Viceroy’s
Pier at the entrance to Ashar creek.
Ferry. A ferry service across the Shatt al Arab was inaugurated in
1941 between Ashar and Tanuma.
Road. The principal connecting roads in the port area are metalled.
A macadamized road runs from the wharves via the R.A.F. area
through Makina to Ashar, and thence inland to Basra City. There
are roads [1], [2] to Baghdad by both the Tigris and Euphrates
routes.
Rail. The main wharves are equipped with railway sidings connect
ing with the metre-gauge lines to Baghdad, Basra City, Zubair, and
Umm Qasr. A standard-gauge line (p. 609) has recently been built
from Tanuma to the Iranian railway at Hosseinieh; it is connected
by metre-gauge line over the Shatt al Arab by the new Hull bridge
with Coal Island and Maqil (p. 5 ^^)-
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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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