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'IRAQ AND THE PERSIAN GULF' [390r] (782/862)
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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CIVIL AVIATION
6 ll
There were also regular air services between Baghdad and Mosul,
and between Baghdad and Tehran, the latter by Iranian State Air
Lines, flown to connect with the Deutsche Lufthansa service.
The war has brought many changes. The Dutch, Italian, French,
and German services have ceased to operate and the Egyptian
service ends in Syria; Imperial Airways has been reorganized as the
British Overseas Airways Corporation (B.O.A.C.), but is not complete
master of its schedules or services because of war conditions, though
it operates the service to Tehran.
Post-war services must at present be speculative; and it need only
be added that there are many landing-grounds throughout Iraq for
administrative purposes and along the recognized air-routes for
emergency landings. It is certain that Iraq must play an important
part in any air-development in the future as in the past.
POSTS AND SIGNALS
Posts and Telegraphs
Iraq is a member of the International Postal Union. The main mail
routes out of the country are across the western desert through Rutba
by motor and air for western Europe; through Mosul by mail train
for Turkey; from Basra by rail, from Khanaqin by motor, and from
Baghdad by air for Persia; and from the same places by sea and air
for India and the Far East. Internal mails are carried by road and
rail, and to a small extent by river and by pack transport.
Iraq is scantily served by internal posts and telegraphs, away from
the main routes. There are only about 200 post and telegraph offices
administered by the Director-General, besides some 60 railway tele
graph offices available to the public. The latter work on the open
circuit system, the normal lines being closed circuit. Except between
Basra and Baghdad where the Wheatstone apparatus is used (60 words
a minute), hand keys are normal practice. The Telegraph Department
is organized in 3 divisions, with headquarters at Mosul, Baghdad, and
Basra. The main telegraph lines are:
{a) Basra-Ur-Hilla-Baghdad.
(b) Basra-Amara-Kut-Baghdad.
(c) Baghdad-Khanaqin (for Tehran).
(d) Khanaqin-Kirkuk-Erbil-Mosul.
(*) Baghdad-Baiji-Mosul-Zakho (for Turkey).
(/) Baghdad-Ramadi-Haditha.
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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