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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. II. 1917' [399] (410/542)
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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KHUEKAMABAD—KIPL—KIEMANSHAH 399
embankment about 3 ft. broad and ^ m. long. In 1908 the town
consisted of about 70 houses of masonry and a large number of reed
and mud huts: the village is filthy. It was reported in 1908 that
there was an excellent landmark to all the country-side in a solitary
minaret, which became visible on the road a few miles after leaving
Nejef, but it was in an insecure condition. The shrine of Ezekiel
stands in the middle of the village in a courtyard surrounded by
a wall within which most of the Jews of Kifl live.
Supplies and Commerce. —There is some cultivation : a good many
date plantations, especially on the E. side of the Shamiyeh Channel.
Trade is chiefly with Hilla town and Tawarlj (Hindiyeh). There is
a bazaar.
Inhabitants. —About 200 are Jews, the remainder Arabs, Some
of the Shiah pilgrims who pass between Kerbela and Nejef come by
water and stop here, but the place is mainly important as the resort
of Jewish pilgrims, who visit the tomb of Hizqil or Ezekiel, mainly
at Pentecost. Many Jewish corpses are sent from a distance for
interment.
Administration and Authorities. —Kifi is the head-quarters of a
NaJiiye in the Kaza of Hindiyeh.
KIRMANSHAH. The capital of the province of Kirmanshah,
Persia, which lies to the N. of Luristan. Alt. 5,100 ft. Pop.
estimated from 40,000 upwards; one authority gives 60,000 as
a minimum, having regard to the excessive crowding of the Kurdish
inhabitants. P.O. T. (Baghdad—Teheran line).
Routes.—
To Senna. (See Routes in Persia vol. ii, Route 78, &c.)
To Hamadan. (See 11antes in vol. ii, Koutes 71, 84.)
To Khurramabad. (See Route 11 e.)
To Kut el-Amara. (See Route9.)
To Baghdad. (See vol. iii of this handbook. 28 a, b.)
To Suleimaniyeh. (See vol. iii of this handbook. 35.)
General Description. —Kirmanshah is situated on an undulating
plain some 30 m. long from E. to W. and 6 m. broad, with many
small villages. Fine gardens lie to the S. and N. of the town.
Kirmanshah was formerly walled, but the fortifications have so far
decayed that the town is now open, and the gates, though their
names survive in common use, have disappeared. The streets are
mostly narrow and tortuous, and the houses of the common people
are mean buildings of mud, but there are some comfortable houses
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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'.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (269 folios)
- Arrangement
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.
- 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'. side of the folio.
Pagination: The volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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