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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. II. 1917' [‎370] (379/542)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (269 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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370
LAND KOUTES
Camels, donkeys, and cattle at Nta' or Anta' (m. 154) and Sarrar
(m. 162).
Koweit to Qatif: see Handbook vol. ii. Route 13, and
Chapter II B, (iii). Distance 256 m. The Hofuf route is followed to
Inqair (m. 112). The surface is generally good. Water good in the
first stages, in the Biyadh district and in the Qatif oasis. Fuel
generally scarce. Fodder generally sufficient for a small caravan.
No other supplies.
RAILWAYS
(i) Kurna—Amara line.—This runs along the r. bank of the
Tigris. Rails were laid practically throughout by the middle of
November 1916. (Compare Routes III A and 4.)
(ii) Basra —Nasiriyeh line. This starts from Magil and passes
Basra town in the neighbourhood of the Zobeir Gate, and thence
follows the line of a hund across the low-lying plain, liable to
inundation, which extends to the W. of Basra. Having crossed
this area the line apparently runs about parallel with, and not
far from, the edge of the Euphrates inundation. The line had been
completed as far as Khamlslyeh by the middle of November 1916.
Between Khamlslyeh and Nasiriyeh the line crosses ground subject
to inundation, and will be embanked when completed. (Compare
Boute 13 a.)
(iii) Ridliwaniyeh—Baghdad Decauville line.—This line con
necting the Euphrates with Baghdad apparently starts from near
the mouth of the Ridhwanlyeh Canal {Route IV D, m. 61) and runs
by Abu Thubbah and Tel Aswad [R IV D, under m. 66), There
are stations at the places named, and also at Kharr near Baghdad
(apparently in the neighbourhood of the Kharr bridge, 21 a,
m. 3). It was reported in May 1916 that the trucks on this line
were man-handled.

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This volume is A Handbook of Mesopotamia, Volume II, Irak, The Lower Kārūn, and Luristan (Admiralty War Staff Intelligence Division, May, 1917), covering the regions of the Shatt el-‘Arab [Shaṭṭ al-‘Arab], Kārūn, Luristan, and the Tigris and Euphrates up to Baghdad and Fellūjeh [Fallūjah]. 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', 'Abbreviations'. There is a 'Contents' which include the following sections:

  • Introduction;
  • River Routes (Shatt el-‘Arab, The Kārūn, The Tigris, The Euphrates, The Shatt el-Hai);
  • Land Routes (The Region of the Shatt el-‘Arab, The Tigris Valley, The Region of the Lower Kārūn River of Luristan, The Euphrates Valley, Connexions between the Tigris and Euphrates Valley, The Arabian Desert);
  • Railways;
  • Gazetteer of Towns;
  • Bibliographical Note and List of Maps;
  • Transliteration of Names;
  • Glossary;
  • Appendices (A: Notes on Weather on the Tigris, B: The Control of the Tigris Water, C: The Control of the Euphrates Water, D: Oil-Fields of the Mesopotamia and Persian Frontier, E: Note on Mules);
  • Index;
  • Plates;
  • Maps.

The volume includes eight plates that illustrate the volume. There are also three maps:

  • 'Baghdad';
  • 'City Map of Baghdad';
  • 'Mesopotamia: Outline Map Showing Routes'.
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1 volume (269 folios)
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The volume is arranged accourding to numbered routes. There is a table of contents at the front of the volume and an alphabetical index at the back. There is also a list of plates and two maps are house in a pocket and one is a foldout.

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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'. side of the folio.

Pagination: The volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.

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