Iraq and the Persian Gulf / [prepared under the direction of K. Mason].

  • Great Britain. Naval Intelligence Division.
Date:
1944
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Iraq and the Persian Gulf / [prepared under the direction of K. Mason]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Waara, 140. War, Anglo-Iraqi, 304-6; of 1914-1918, 270-85, 557, 580-1; of 1939, 303-4. Warba island, 150-1. warehouses, Maqil, 514. Washash, Nahr, 49, 566, 568, 594. Wasit, 50, 242, 244, 435. water, buffaloes, 340, 469; -craft imports, 490; -hoists, 441; -holes, 9, 61, 67, 119, I2I, 123-4, 3613 levers, 32; -lifts, 468; melons, 463; -mill, 452; rate, 446; -supply, 336, 395, 422-3, 431; -ways, 556-61; -wheels, 28, 32, 441, 463, 561. watering-places, desert, 123-4. Wawiya halt, 595. way of life, 335-51; Babylonian, 220-4. weapons, 346. weights, 640-2. wells, 3, 9; 61, 75; 78, 81, 92, 116-17, L10;/ 123-5; 132-3; 31994420 wharves, Maqil, 513-14. wheat, 84, 86, 93, 96, 104, 112, 122, 344, 448-9, 452, 454-6, 465, 476, 487, 492. White Sheep, 255. wild, ass, 198; -fowl, 152. Willcocks, Sir William, 35, 39, 41, 51, 266, 438. Wilson, Colonel A. T., 285-6, 293; Wilson, President, 287. winds, 133, 166, 169-71, 618-19. winnowing, 451. winter, crops, 448, 482; vegetables, 463. wireless stations, 29, 149, 152, 155, 157, 398, 516, 543, 579, 612. women, seclusion of, 350. wool, 467-8, 473-4, 487, 489-90, 511. woollens, 474, 490. workshops, 472-5, 514, 557; 585. Wutaid, Jabal, 139. Wuzum tribe, 539. X-ray Institute, 409. Xenophon, 227. xerophytic plants, 184-5, 187-8, 197. Yadilla, r.s., 594. Yaku Ismail, 314. Yaqut, 251. Yas, Jazirat, 139. Yasin Pasha al Hashimi, 286. Yazdagird, 240. Yazid, 240. Yemen, relations with, 320. Yezidis, 80, 316, 322, 325-6, 330-1; distribution, 380-2. yields, agricultural, 449, 452, 455-7, 461-2, 480. ‘Young Turks’, 266-7. Yusufiya, canal, 32, 36, 437, 459, 5933 r.s., 596. Zab, Great, 23, 26, 42, 59, 81, 94-5, 102-13, 394; battle, 242, 529; bridge, 570; discharge, 42, 48, 52; navigation, 557-8; people, 357, 375-8, 381-2. Zab, Little, 23, 26, 43, 59, 81, 89-91, 100-2, 394; bridge, 569; discharge, 43, 48, 52; ferry, 573; irrigation, 433, 441-2; navigation, 557-8; people, 357, 375, 382. Zaban, Cut, 29; ridge, 29. Zaghaitun Chai (Nahr Zaghaitun), 88-9. Zagrian Gates, 234. Zagros, 214, 219, 237, 257. Zagurae, 80. Zaid, 286, Zaiyad tribe, 363, 365, 367. Zakhnuniya, Jazirat, 141. Zakho, 114, 554; history, 262, 312; pass, 96; plain, 113-15, 378, 381-2, 554; rainfall, 175, 623; roads, 554, 575; telegraph, 611; waterway, 554. Zangana tribe, 325, 374, 540. Zangi, 246. Zanj rebellion, 244, 254, 507. zaptiya (constabulary), 266. Zawita, 197. Zawiya halt, 600. Zemzem, well of, 331. Zend tribe, 374. Zernakui massif, 101. Zervanism, 238. Zeugma, 234. Zibar, people, 372, 382; R., 108. Zibari tribe, 375, 377, 526. ziggurat (stage-tower), 223. Zinkan R., 97, 99. Zinnar, 114. Zinu-i-Augau-Gir p., 102; Khan Ah- mad p., 102; Malimos p., 102. Zionism, 300, 304. Zirga Bardaresh, Jabal, 94, 95. Zirko, Jazirat, 137. etyarat, 328. Zoba tribe, 364, 369-70, 380. Zoroastrian religion, 225-6, 231, 235, 239, 246, 330. Zozik Dagh, 110. Zubaid tribe (Baij), 267, 324, 369-70, 380, 533- Zubaida, 503, 578; r.s., 602. Zubair, 61, 119, 121, 554-5; Khor, 22, 61, 147, 150-1, 509, 585, 592; people, 379, 554; railway, 555, 585, 591-2; roads, 555, 565, 593; vegetation, 187. Zubairi cattle, 469. Zugutt, 545. Zuhab, history, 263.