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'IRAQ AND THE PERSIAN GULF' [347v] (697/862)
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
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pomegranates, and figs are grown. The town itself lies mainly to the east
of the river, which is here 60 yards wide and fordable although also crossed
by a good bridge. It has grown much in recent years, the newer quarters
being occupied by workers from the oil-wells of Naft Khaneh, 30 miles
south of the town. There are a sarai, 10 large khans for pilgrims, a quaran
tine station hospital (12 beds), civil hospital (12 beds), and about 450 shops.
The Rafidain Oil Company has a large depot in the railway yard at the
north end of the town, supplies being piped direct from the K.O.C.
refinery at Alwand, 3 miles south-east of the town. Electricity is supplied
by government licensees.
Supplies of barley and wheat, fruit, sheep, and goats are plentiful. Water
is obtained in unlimited quantities from the Alwand river and from canals.
There is good grazing in the neighbourhood. Very large quantities of
petrol, kerosene fuel oil, and crude oil are stored by the Rafidain and
K.O.C.
Bajlani are the principal settled tribe in the Khanaqin district, which is
also visited by Persian Kalhurs; some of the neighbouring inhabitants are
Ali Ilahis (p. 329).
Communications
Rail: Khanaqin is the terminus of the metre-gauge branch from Jaloula
(Qaraghan) of the Baghdad-Kirkuk line (Rly. 2).
Road: Tarmac road [7] north-east to Qasr-i-Shirin and Kermanshah
in Persia, and south-west to Shahraban (Muqdadiya) and Baghdad is pass
able at all seasons. Partly metalled road south to Naft Khaneh and
Mandali. An unmetalled cart-road north to Chia Surkh.
Air: There is a permanent landing-ground about half a mile from the
station on the way to the refinery.
Kifri. 34 0 42' N., 44 0 58' E.; alt. c. 750 feet. Pop. 3,000. Qadha cap.,
Kirkuk Liwa.
Kifri or Salahiya lies in a plain, in the mouth of a gorge in the 300-400-
foot Kifri Dagh which lies to the north, through which the Kifri Su emerges.
The town stands on the right bank; the cultivated plain extends for a few
miles to the south and east and about 10 miles to the north-west. The in
habitants are Turkomans and Kurds with some Arab elements. Turkoman
and Kurdish tribes, including Baiyat, Zangana, and Jaf, inhabit the sur
rounding country. The houses are of stone, gypsum, or mud with flat roofs.
There are khans, a police barracks, and a fair-sized bazaar.
There are gardens of fruit-trees close to the town. Wheat is grown, and
there is usually very good grazing in the neighbourhood between December
and May. Sheep and goats are plentiful. Good and abundant water is
obtained from the river, which is liable to violent floods.
Seven miles south-south-west of Kifri lie the village and railway station
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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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