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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. I. 1918' [271] (280/568)
The record is made up of 1 volume (282 folios). It was created in 1918. It was written in English, Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Armenian, Kurdish and Syriac. 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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COMMUNICATIONS AND TRANSPOET 271
Suq esh-Shuyukh (boat-bridge).
Kurna (road and railway bridges at the mouth of the Old Channel
of the Euphrates).
Gurmat All (road and railway bridges (pontoon) at the mouth of
the New Channel of the Euphrates).
The Tigris from Samarra downwards is bridged at the following
points:
Samarra (boat-bridge).
Baghdad (boat-bridge).
Qarareh (boat-bridge).
Kut el-Amara (boat-bridge).
Amara (new pile bridge with steel floating section to allow passage
of river-traffic; total length 750 ft., floating section 270 ft.; width 20 ft.).
Latlateh (boat-bridge).
The Diyaleh is crossed by boat-bridges at Baqubeh and at its mouth.
There are many ferries on the Euphrates and Tigris, on which
shdkhturs and qiiffehs ply.
Boad Communications Arabistan
The plains of Arabistan, where not covered with permanent marsh
or (as in the Fellahlyeh district) intersected by frequent canals,
generally afford in dry weather a surface which is passable for light
wheeled transport; but rain may make them quite impracticable for
wheels and difficult if not impassable for pack-animals. Even in
dry weather heavy transport is liable to stick in patches of sand.
In the foothills of the Persian highlands there are some tracks
passable for carts, but among the higher ranges there are only tracks
for pack-animals except where the Baghdad—Kirmanshah route
ascends to the Persian plateau by Qasr-i-Shlrln and Ser-i-Pul. The
high passes are liable to be blocked by snow in winter.
(a)In Arabistan light wheeled transport can pass in dry weather
with little difficulty over the following routes:
Marid—Shushtar via Ahwaz and the Band-i-Qlr bridge (light
motor-lorries).
Shushtar—Dizful ?
Manduwan (near Mohammareh)—Amlnlyeh (opposite Ahwaz).
Amlnlyeh—Shush (light motor-lorries).
Ahwaz—Maidan-i-Naftun via Band-i-Qlr bridge and Dar-i-Khazineh
(where the Ab-i-Gargar would need bridging).
Ahwaz—Behbehan via Eamuz.
Ahwaz—Bandar Dilam via Deh Mulla or Hindlyan (the Hindlyan
would need bridging).
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This volume is A Handbook of Mesopotamia, Volume I, General (Naval Staff, Intelligence Department: November 1918). This is an updated and expanded edition of A Handbook of Mesopotamia, Volume I, General (Admiralty War Staff, Intelligence Department: August 1916) (IOR/L/MIL17/15/41/1). This is an introductory volume containing matter of a general nature giving an account of conditions in Mesopotamia, for the most part as they were before the First World War.
The volume includes a note on official use, a title page and 'Note'. There is a page of 'Contents' that includes the following chapters and sections:
- Chapter 1: Boundaries and Physical Features;
- Chapter 2: Climate;
- Chapter 3: Minerals;
- Chapter 4: Fauna and Flora;
- Chapter 5: Hygiene;
- Chapter 6: History;
- Chapter 7: Inhabitants;
- Chapter 8: Religions;
- Chapter 9: Administration;
- Chapter 10: Irrigation of Irak [Iraq];
- Chapter 11: Agriculture and Land Tenure;
- Chapter 12: Commerce and Industry;
- Chapter 13: Currency, Weights, and Measures;
- Chapter 14: Communications and Transport;
- Vocabularies;
- Index.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (282 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume is arranged in numbered chapters. There is a contents page and an alphabetically arranged index.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the first folio and terminates at the last folio; 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'. of the folio.
Pagination: The volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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- IOR/L/MIL/17/15/41/2
- Title
- 'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. I. 1918'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1:556, ii-r:ii-v, 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