'Memoir on Part of Mesopotamia contained between Sheriat-el-Beytha on the Tigris to Tel Ibrahim, by Lieutenant J B Bewsher, Surveyor in Mesopotamia'

IOR/L/PS/18/B79

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The record is made up of 1 volume (7 folios). It was created in 1866. 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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This file is a memoir that describes part of Mesopotamia [Iraq] between Sheriat-el-Beytha (ten miles north-west of Baghdad) and the large mound of Tel Ibrahim (nineteen miles north-east of Hillah). The memoir contains details of historical sites, agriculture and irrigation in the region.

The memoir was written by Lieutenant J B Bewsher, Commanding Her Majesty's Ship Comet, B. M. and Surveyor in Mesopotamia.

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1 volume (7 folios)

Physical characteristics

Foliation: The foliation for this description commences at f 113, and terminates at f 119, as it is part of a larger physical volume; 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. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence.

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Original held at: 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.
Access conditions: Unrestricted
Archive reference: IOR/L/PS/18/B79
Date(s): 1866 (CE, Gregorian)
Related primary sources: ‘On Part of Mesopotamia Contained between Sheriat-el-Beytha, on the Tigris, and Tel Ibrahim J. B. Bewsher’, Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London, Vol. 37, (1867), pp. 160-182

Places: Mesopotamia

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Reference: IOR/L/PS/18/B79
Title: 'Memoir on Part of Mesopotamia contained between Sheriat-el-Beytha on the Tigris to Tel Ibrahim, by Lieutenant J B Bewsher, Surveyor in Mesopotamia'
Pages: front, back, 113r:119v
Author: East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
Usage terms: Open Government Licence