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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. IV. 1917' [5r] (14/530)
The record is made up of 1 volume (263 folios). It was created in 1917. 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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Mesopotamia is treated in four volumes. The first volume contains
matter of a general nature. The other volumes are devoted to the
detailed description of the river and land routes. The second volume
covers the regions of the Shatt el- c Arab, Karun, and Luristan, and of
the Tigris and Euphrates up to Baghdad and Fellujeh. To the third
volume are assigned the Tigris and Euphrates from Baghdad and
Fellujeh to Mosul and Meskeneh, the Lesser Zab, the country East
of the Tigris towards the Persian frontier, and the routes running
westward from the Euphrates valley across the Syrian Desert. The
fourth volume treats of the country North of the line joining
Kowanduz, Mosul, Meskeneh, and Aleppo up to Van, Bitlis,
Diarbekr, and Mar'ash.
All estimates of mileage must be considered as approximate
only. In most cases they are based on the rough calculations of
travellers, or on the times given by travellers, or on sketch-maps or
incomplete surveys. The question-marks placed beside some of the
figures indicate that these are peculiarly doubtful: it is not implied
that other figures may be regarded as exact.
It is necessary to emphasize the fact that in the circumstances the
information given cannot be complete, and that conditions are con
stantly undergoing change. The Admiralty will be glad to receive
corrections and additions.
Maps to accompany these volumes will be issued separately.
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This volume is A Handbook of Mesopotamia, Volume IV, Northern Mesopotamia and Central Kurdistan (Admiralty War Staff Intelligence Division, April, 1917), covering Mesopotamia north of the line joining Rowanduz, Mosul, Meskeneh [Maskanah], and Aleppo, up to Van, Bitlis, Diarbekr, and Mar‘ash. The volume was prepared on behalf of the Admiralty and War Office, and appears to be based on official and unofficial publications and maps which are cited in a bibliographical section in the volume.
The volume includes a note on confidentiality, a title page, 'Note', and 'Abbreviations'. There is a page of contents which includes the following sections:
- Introduction;
- Itineraries;
- River Routes (The Tigris, The Euphrates);
- Land Routes (Central Kurdistan, Routes between Mosul and Diarbekr, Routes between the Plain of Diarbekr and the Moutains to North and West, Routes between the line Diarbekr-Mardīn and the Euphrates, Interior of Norther Jezīreh, West of the Jaghjagha Su, The Euphrates Valley and Country West thereof, Across the Taurus between the Euphrates and Mar‘ash, and Aleppo-Mar‘ash);
- Railways (Aleppo-Ras el-‘Ain-Tel Ermen);
- Gazetteer of Towns;
- Bibliographical Note;
- Transliteration of Names;
- Glossary;
- Index;
- Plates;
- 'Sketch Map of Routes'.
The volume contains 15 plates, which illustrate the content of the various chapters, and 1 map entitled 'Mesopotamia: Outline Map Showing Routes'.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (263 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume is arranged by numbered routes. There are pages of contents, an index, and a list of plates. There is one map house in a pocket.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover and terminates at the inside back cover; 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 (except for the front cover, where the folio number is located on the verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. ).
Pagination: The volume also has an original printed pagination sequence.
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- Title
- 'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. IV. 1917'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:262v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence