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'IRAQ AND THE PERSIAN GULF' [404v] (811/862)
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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APPENDIX E
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
The metric system was adopted by law in 1931 and is now used by govern
ment departments; but, except for certain measures in the Baghdad
province, the law has not been successfully enforced among the population,
and it is probable that the old weights and measures will continue in
use for some time to come, at least for private and local transactions.
As in most eastern countries, weights and measures vary from place to
place. Weights are especially chaotic: a weight of the same name differs
in different districts for the same commodity, and in the same town for
different commodities.
- Weights
The principal units of weight used throughout Iraq are the hugga
(hagga) (Stambul), the maund (mann, man, or batman), the wazna, and the
taghar {tughar).
The hugga (Stambul) has a fixed weight equivalent to 2 lb. 13 oz., but
the weights of the maund, wazna, and taghar vary in different towns and for
different commodities.
1 hugga (Stambul) = 2 lb. 13 oz., used for local produce sold at retail
and wholesale rates.
1 maund of imported produce (tea, sugar, coffee, &c.)=6 hugga (Stambul)
= 16 lb. approx.
x maund of local produce varies from town to town and according to
commodity (below).
1 wazna =100 kilograms or 224 lb., in Sulaimaniya and Kirkuk, where
it is only used in transactions with the Iraqi Government and not
between local traders. In Baghdad it varies according to commodity
(below).
1 taghar varies from 624 lb. to 4,480 lb. according to town and commodity
(below).
Weights for Local Produce
Baghdad
English equivalent
2 lb. 13 oz.
17 [16] 1 lb.
35 [ 35 ] ».
140 [i 39 ]„
219 [218],,
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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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