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'IRAQ AND THE PERSIAN GULF' [354r] (710/862)
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 551
water, with a reserve of 10,000 gallons. The ruins of old Samarra are
described on p. 636.
Communications
Rail: Samarra station, on the right bank, is on the Baghdad-Mosul
standard-gauge line (Rly. 4). There is a branch to the river ferry.
Road: Unmetalled road [5] on right bank north to Mosul, south to
Baghdad. A track follows the left bank north to Tikrit and south-east to
Diltawa. A desert track crosses the Jazira south-west to Ramadi. The
river is crossed by a boat and cable ferry which accommodates light cars.
Water: Large sailing-boats and shallow-draught steamers can ascend to
Samarra except in flood time.
Air: Landing-ground near the railway station.
Sulaimaniya. 35 0 33' N., 45 0 26' E.; alt. c. 2,750 feet. Pop. 20,000. Liwa
cap.
Sulaimaniya, lying on the lower slopes of the bare Azmar Dagh between
two spurs, is the centre of the rich and well-watered agricultural district of
the Av-i-Tanjero valley. It has a hinterland of wild mountains of which
Pir-i-Mukurun, 20 miles to the north-west, is a prominent landmark
reaching nearly 8,600 feet. The inhabitants are mainly Kurdish with some
Jews and Christians, but Persian is understood. Winters are very cold with
snow lying sometimes for two months; in summer the east wind is very
relaxing.
History
There was an earlier town of considerable antiquity on the site of Sulai
maniya, but the present town dates from 1781, when it was begun by the
Baban prince, Mahmud
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, who had in 1779 moved his headquarters
from the hill town of Qala Chulan. The town was named after Sulaiman
the Great, the
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
of Baghdad when it was built. It lay on the marches
between the lands under full Turkish and Persian control, and its history
was enlivened by the intrigues and meddlings of the quarrelsome Babans
and their Persian and Turkish sponsors. One of the princes, Abd ar Rah
man
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
Baban, kept up a running fight from 1789 to 1813 and was
ejected three times in favour of his relatives, but in 1813 he was in power
again at Sulaimaniya when he died. The power of the Babans decayed
from then on, though the family still exists, and in 1850 a Turkish governor
and a garrison were installed. Hitherto the commerce of Sulaimaniya had
flourished, especially through an agreement whereby it handled most of the
trade of the Jaf tribe, and by trade with Persia. But after 1850 a shaikhly
family gained influence until their leader Shaikh Said dominated the town
and by his exactions half ruined it. In 1881 the townsfolk called in the
Hamawand against him, but they were expelled by Turkish troops, and
Said remained in control until he became embroiled with the Turkish
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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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