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'IRAQ AND THE PERSIAN GULF' [380r] (762/862)
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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Tbl.
Tr.
Sdgs.
Route
RAILWAYS
Turntable.
Turning triangle.
Sidings (details unknown).
BASRA (MAQIL)-BAGHDAD WEST
Basra-Ur Junction .
123-0 miles
197-9 kilometres
Ur Junction-Diwaniya
ui -3 »
WT 1
Diwaniya-Hindiya Junction
72-6 „
116-8 ,,
Hindiya Junction-Baghdad West
46’5 »
74-8
353‘4
568-6
Branch-lines
(a) Basra (Maqil)-Basra City, 57 miles (9-2 km.); Basra (Maqil)-
Tanuma.
{b) Shuaiba Junction-Zubair, 7-5 miles (12 km.), whence extensions for
military purposes have been made to Jabal Sanam, c. 18 miles
(29 km.) and to Umm Qasr, c. 30 miles (48 km.). 1
(c) Ur-Nasiriya, 10 miles (16 km.).
(d) Hindiya-Karbala, 22-3 miles (35-9 km.).
Permanent Way and Stations
Metre gauge. Single track. 2 Flat-bottom rails, varying from 41 lb. to
75 lb- per yd., spiked to wooden sleepers; the lighter rails are now mostly
replaced by standard 75 - ^’ rails. Some ballast of low-grade was reported
in 1940, but has probably been improved.
Maximum axle-load, 9 tons; minimum radius of curves, 1,432 feet;
maximum gradient, 1 in 200.
Maximum distance between passing-loops (1940), 23-8 miles (probably
reduced); average length of loops at stations, 1,800 feet.
Speed and Capacity (Nov. ig4o)
Normal overall times (including stops): mail train, 14 hours; mixed
train, 22 hours; goods train, 27 hours. Normal working allows for 1 train
of each kind (3 trains in all) travelling each way daily (i.e. total of 42 trains
a week). Maximum speed restriction, 35 miles per hour, because of low-
grade ballasting. Maximum capacity of line (Nov. 1940, limited by amount
of rolling-stock), 5 trains each way daily. Normal gross load of trains: mail
1 See note on these branches, p. 585.
2 In 1942 the doubling of the line from Basra to Samawa (mile i79 - 6) was
sanctioned. The formation was completed and the track laid for 41-5 miles, before
construction was abandoned. It is not known whether the track laid will be used or
removed.
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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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