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'IRAQ AND THE PERSIAN GULF' [364v] (731/862)
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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5 68
COMMUNICATIONS
Route [4]. Baghdad-Al Qaim
(Euphrates Road)
Distances in Miles
(40) Falluja. (55) Habbaniya. (72) Ramadi. (108) Hit. (133) Khan
Baghdadi. (159) Haditha. (195) Ana. (246) A 1 Qaim.
Principal Bridges
(2) Nahr Washash (Khir bridge), 50 yards, single span, steel
girders, brick abutments.
(40) Euphrates at Falluja, 300 yards, 5-span, steel girders on steel
concrete-filled cylinders (photo. 218).
(142)
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Hauran, 45 yards, 5-span, steel girders and concrete.
( j 56)
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Haqlan, 75 yards, 8-span, masonry viaduct.
( I 95 )
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
near Ana, 60 yards, 8-span, steel girders.
General Description
As far as Ramadi this road has a tarmac surface, but thereafter is
only metalled in places, chiefly from about mile 98 through Hit, and
from the I.P.C. post at Haditha about mile 155 through Haditha.
Elsewhere the road is only roughly made, but is fit for heavy motors.
The road leaves Baghdad by the Khir bridge on Route [2] (fig. 79).
There are many minor bridges and culverts between here and Ramadi;
also 16 bridges (besides the 3 listed above) over wadis which drain the
western desert; most of these are of masonry or concrete, but all are
not kept in good condition. The road is rarely interrupted by rain
for more than a few hours.
Route [5]. Baghdad-Mosul
(Tigris Road)
Distances in Miles
(76) Samarra R.S. (109) Tikrit R.S. (136) Baiji R.S. (185) Qala
Sharqat. (205) Qaiyara. (253) Mosul.
Bridges
I here are about 20 minor bridges but none are of first importance.
General Description
Except for the first 4 miles which is macadamized, and occasional
places where there is rough metalling, the road almost to Baiji has
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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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