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'IRAQ AND THE PERSIAN GULF' [362r] (726/862)
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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ROADS
565
Principal Bridges
(5) Euphrates outlet (Hammar Lake), 180 yards.
(6) N. Saafir, 50 yards, 2-span, steel girders, concrete abutments
and pier.
(29) N. Shafi, 60 yards, steel pontoon.
(40) Old Euphrates channel, near Qurna, 100 yards, steel pontoon.
(95) Mijar al Kabir, 60 yards, timber trestle, 11 piers.
(101) N. Tabar, 40 yards, timber trestle.
(107) Tigris, at Amara, 70 yards, steel pontoon.
(108) N. Chahala, 75 yards, screw-pile, with opening span.
(108) N. Mashara, 50 yards, screw-pile, with opening span.
(214) ‘Wadi’ (Chankula), steel bridge, no details.
( 33 °) Diyala (‘Lancashire Bridge’), 150 yards, 4-span, steel girders,
concrete abutments and piers.
General Description
The road has an earthen surface and is fit for a limited amount of
heavy motor-traffic, except after rain. It keeps to the right (west)
bank of the Shatt al Arab and Tigris to Amara, generally following
the embankment of the old metre-gauge railway, and crossing
numerous channels by small bridges and culverts. From Amara the
road follows the left bank of the Tigris to Baghdad, cutting across
most of the river bends. Between Shaikh Saad and Kut al Imara the
road is particularly liable to interruption in winter and spring, but
may be by-passed by crossing the Tigris by ferry at Shaikh Saad,
following the right bank, and recrossing the Tigris by the Kut
barrage.
Route [2]. Basra City-Baghdad
(Euphrates Road)
Distance in Miles
(11) Zubair. (41) Rumaila. (71) Luqait. (106) Tel al Lahm.
(128) Nasiriya. (180) Khidhr. (198) Samawa. (257) Diwaniya.
(308) Hilla. (340) Iskandariya road junction. (368) Baghdad.
Principal Bridges
(200) Euphrates (Shatt Atshan) at Barbuti, near Samawa, 1 180
yards, decked railway bridge, 6-span, steel truss, concrete
abutments and piers.
1 There is an alternative crossing of the Euphrates at Samawa by a strong
pontoon bridge.
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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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- '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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