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'IRAQ AND THE PERSIAN GULF' [364r] (730/862)
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
56 ?
Route [2 6]. Hilla to Karbala (27^) via Tuwairij (Hindiya) (14).
A well-graded road with earthen surface, well bridged and raised
in places between Tuwairij and Karbala above flood level. Between
Hilla and Tuwajrij it is liable to be in bad repair. The Euphrates at
Tuwairij is spanned by a boat bridge 180 yards long.
Route [2 c]. Mufraq to Karbala (36) via Musaiyib (14).
This is part of the direct road from Baghdad to Karbala, Mufraq
being about 30 miles from Baghdad on Route 2. It has only an
earthen surface, but has strong bridges and culverts throughout.
The pontoon bridge over the Euphrates at Musaiyib is 193 yards long.
Route [3]. Nasiriya-Kut al Imara
(Shatt al Gharraf Road)
Distances in Miles
(18) Suwaiq. (28) Shatra. (51) Karradi. (62) Qala Sikar. (89) Kut
al Hai. (118) Kut al Imara.
Bridges and Ferries
There are no fewer than 82 bridges on this road, mostly over
canals and distributaries. Those over the Shatt al Gharraf at Suwaiq
and Shatra are capable of maximum loads of 3 tons. The Gharraf is
crossed at Qala Sikar by ferry, and the Tigris by the Kut barrage.
The new floating bridge at Nasiriya has n steel and 4 wooden
pontoons.
General Description
The road has an earthen surface throughout, and cannot be
depended upon to be in other than poor condition, though stated to
be suitable for the passage of heavy motor vehicles. The road crosses
the Gharraf to the left bank at Suwaiq and recrosses at Shatra, but
vehicles heavier than 3 tons must keep to the right (west) side of the
river between these places. After crossing to the left bank by the Qala
Sikar ferry, the road is sometimes as much as 5 miles from the river.
The alinement throughout is dependent on the many bridges, and
though in the past it has been possible to diverge at places during the
low-water season when the irrigation channels were dry, the com
pletion of the Kut barrage, which now permits perennial irrigation,
must prevent this practice. Heavy rain or flood closes parts of the
road altogether.
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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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