'IRAQ AND THE PERSIAN GULF'

Title:

'IRAQ AND THE PERSIAN GULF'

Contributor:

Admiralty War Staff, Naval Intelligence Division (author)

Date:

1944/1944

Description:

The volume is titled Iraq and the Persian Gulf(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.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.1 volume (430 folios)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.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 side of each folio.Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Geographical data
Military intelligence
Historical geography
Military operations
Tribes
War Casualties
Military maps
Military communications
Irrigation
Colonial administration
Agriculture

Geographic region:

Iraq
Persian Gulf

Extent:

1 volume (430 folios)

Rights:

Open Government Licence

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000239.0x000178_ar
81055/vdc_100000000239.0x000178_en
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/64

Is part of:

British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers

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