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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. II. 1917' [55] (64/542)
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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SHATT EL-'AKAB—ROUTE IB
55
Inter
mediate
distance
Miles
i
Kharab village on an island formed by creek
Jeziret el- c Ain, an islet opposite Ktlt el-Farangi formed
by a large creek, Kibasi es-Saghlr. On the mainland side
of the creek is a village with date plantations inhabited by
Mubaisin, 'Atub, Qatarneh, and Idan, The paramount
sheikh of the Idan was reported in 1908 to live here.
Shiyabiyeli Creek and village : this creek and Kibasi es-
Saghlr connect with the disused canal of Nahr Riyan, which
leads NE. across the plain, and apparently connects event
ually with the Sableh and Qarma canals on the r. bank of
the Karun Kiver in the neighbourhood of Sabeh village.
Firuziyeh, village with date-groves.
Channel follows the left bank past the Jeziret es-Saghlr.
Depths of only 15 ft. (low-river level) are charted opposite
the upper end of the island.
Saglxir Creek extends inland for about 5 m. to a network
of old canals.
Shalahi tract extends for about 2 m.
4
21
4
Abu'l Kilab Creek. Kuteiban tract extends up to creek
of same name.
Euteibau Creek, said to join Karun River. Large village
of same name inhabited by Muhaisin, 'Atub, Qatarneh, and
Idan. Hamrah tract extends for some miles : it is unin
habited and open.
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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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- Title
- 'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. II. 1917'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1:374, 374a:374b, 375:530, 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