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'IRAQ AND THE PERSIAN GULF' [379v] (761/862)
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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59O COMMUNICATIONS
In the low-water season the ferry is in constant use, but it is liable
to serious interruption during the flood season, March to May, when
it may be unusable for three weeks at a time, and during the rains in
January and February for shorter periods. At such times no vehicles
can be transported from one side of the river to the other. Passengers
and animals are not carried by the ferry, and must detrain and use the
road-bridges.
Description of Railways
The description of the railways which follows is divided into three
parts: (a) details of the line as a whole, distances, branch-lines,
junctions, permanent way, capacity, &c.; (b) general description of
the line and the country passed; (c) details of the stations and their
facilities, and of the chief engineering works.
As already mentioned, the war has caused many changes, only a
brief outline of which is available for publication. New passing-loops
have been added to increase capacity since 1940 and to speed up
working. The capacities given in the description may, therefore, be
taken as the minimum possible. For the same reason ordinary passing-
loops have been omitted, and only loop-sidings in being in 1940 have
been entered, since it is not known how many of the additional
passing-loops will be maintained after the war.
In the second column of the detailed description is given the station
name. The transliteration of names from Arabic into Roman
characters appears to be in an even greater state of confusion in the
Railway Department than elsewhere in Iraq, and accounts differ
widely. Not only do the spellings differ, but the Arabic article
appears to have been sometimes amalgamated with the place-name.
The following abbreviations are used an the last column:
W.
(T.5,000 gls.)
LS.(2); DES.
PL.
SR.( 3 ); SR (260 ft.)
ER. (2)
GS.(3,ooo sq. ft.)
ES.
RpS.
Watering facilities are shown in brackets after the
letter W.
Water tank, capacity 5,000 gallons.
2 loop sidings; dead-end siding.
Passing-loop. Given only occasionally, since they
occur at almost every station.
3 side-loading ramps; side-loading ramp, length 260
feet.
2 End-loading ramps.
Goods sheds, covered area 3,000 square feet.
Engine-shed.
Repair-sheds.
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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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- Title
- 'IRAQ AND THE PERSIAN GULF'
- Pages
- 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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- Open Government Licence