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'IRAQ AND THE PERSIAN GULF' [368v] (739/862)
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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COMMUNICATIONS
574
Principal Bridges
(14) Bastura Chai, 38 yards, 4-span, concrete.
(65) Rubar-i-Ruwandiz, 45 yards, single Hopkins span, steel truss
(photo. 227).
(66) Rubar-i-Balikian, 43 yards, 2-span, steel truss.
(82) Rubar-i-Ruwandiz, near Berserini, 50 yards, single Hopkins
span, steel truss.
(84) Rubar-i-Ruwandiz at Razanok, 50 yards, as that near Ber
serini.
General Description
The road, completed in 1932, took four years to build, and sur
mounts great natural obstacles. It has an asphalt surface and well-
cambered bends, and is strongly bridged throughout, but there are
hairpin bends at the Pirmum pass (16), Shaqlawa (32), and the
Spilik pass (54) (photo. 221). The road enters the narrow Gali Ali Beg
(or Khalifan gorge) at mile 61 and follows the Alana Su almost to its
junction with the Rubar-i-Ruwandiz, crossing three times by single
span bridges (photo. 223). It then follows the bottom of the Ruwandiz
gorge but crosses to the right bank at mile 65 and the Balikian tributary
1 1 miles farther on. At mile 70 a short road goes left to the military
station of Diana. Ruwandiz town is about 3 miles off the main road
and is reached by a branch which crosses the Rubar-i-Ruwandiz by
a steel bridge 12 yards long. The Berserini gorge is penetrated be
tween miles 79 and 85, but the road is very enclosed for another 7
miles. Rayat police post is 6 miles from the Persian border at the
Gowre Shinke pass (photo. 226). The road continues on into Persia
through Urmia to Tabriz.
Route [10]. Mosul-Aqra
(Aqra Road)
Distances in Miles
(28) Mindan. (59) Aqra.
General Description
This road is only metalled in places, and though easily passable for
heavy motors in fine weather, and provided with bridges and culverts,
becomes impassable after rain, particularly across the Jujar plain.
The Khazir Su is crossed near Mindan at mile 27 by a 2-span Hopkins
bridge, 84 yards, on concrete abutments and pier.
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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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