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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. II. 1917' [405] (416/542)
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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'V.
o
KOWEIT—KUFEH 405
its determination to oppose by force any landing of troops, A few-
weeks afterwards an official from Basra warned the Sheikh that he
had better make his submission to the Turkish Government, but this
action was disavowed, on representations of the British ambassador
at Constantinople. A more peremptory summons was issued later
in the same year, which resulted in the Sheikh stating that he would
have no option but to comply unless assured of British support.
The Senior Naval Officer in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
received instructions
to defend the town, but no attack was made, and again the Porte
disavowed the action of its officials, though during 1903 it continued
to occupy various more or less debatable points on the Koweit
boundaries with small posts of troops, e.g. at Safwan, Bubayan
Island, Umm Qasr, and Warbeh Island.
Between 1903 and 1910 there was little open interference with the
status quo, though the Young Turkish Government which came into
power in 1908 tried unsuccessfully to detach the Sheikh by their
promises from the British connexion. The attitude of His Majesty's
Government with regard to the situation was stated by Sir E. Grey
in the House of Commons on March 9, 1911, in a debate concerning
the suggested
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
section of the Baghdad Railway. He
said: 'We are not anxious to disturb the status in the Persian
Gulf . . . but if the status quo is going to be disturbed by others
then we must undoubtedly use our resources to maintain our position
in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
. Part of the status quo is that we have entered
into treaty obligations with the Sheikh of Koweit, and in any
negotiations which there may be, or in any changes which may take
place, it is an obligation of honour with us to see that our treaty
obligations towards the Sheikh of Koweit in maintaining his position
are fulfilled.'
In 1914 this and other points of variance were on the point
of being amicably settled.
\
I
EUFEH. On the 1. bank of the Kufeh Channel of the Hindiyeh
arm of the Euphrates, and 7 m. NE. of Nejef. Population estimated
(1908) at about 3,000. T. Bridge of boats.
River Routes. —Por communication by the Euphrates between
Kufeh and other places on the river see IV A, B, C, D.
Land Route. —To Nejef. There is a horse-tramway from Kafeh to
Nejef.
General Description. —Kufeh has a river frontage of 500-600 yds.
For details of bridge and river see Boute IV C (i), m. 99 ; it is reported
if
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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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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1:374, 374a:374b, 375:530, back-i
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