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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. II. 1917' [200] (209/542)
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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200
LAND ROUTES
Miles from
Kurna
55A
57^
60
64^
65
67
71
Cross canal 4 yds. wide, 2 ft. deep, by bridge. Marshy
ground as far as
Bridge over creek (Umm Jemal ?), 3 yds. wide, 2 ft. deep.
Eoute traverses Ubeyyeh and Qal at ibn Parman tracts.
Camping-ground (Abu Sidreh) opposite a clump of trees on
r. bank of the Tigris.
Cross canal 3 yds. broad, 2 ft. deep, by bridge. Proceed
over an open grassy plain intersected by numerous dry
water-cuts, which, however, present no serious obstacle.
Cross canal about If ft. deep, unbridged, a considerable
obstacle in wet weather.
Mulla Farman's house. Camping-ground. Route traverses
Dahamiyeh tract.
Plantations from here to Amara.
Amara.
EOUTE 5a
AMARA—"ALI EL-GHARBL &c.
Via R ight B ank of the T igris
Authorities: —Force ' D
5 Map Serial no. 42, July 1915, giving results of a
reconnaissance of June 1915; Routes in Arabia, 1915, no. 195; Force ' D
Map Serial 121, April 1916, based on a survey of Dec.-Feb. 1915-16.
For general remarks see p. 12.
Miles from
Amara
0
8
m
1419
2 •
Amara. Eoute takes a W. direction to the Biteireh Canal,
cutting off a bend of the river to N.
Belt of marshy ground.
Biteireh Canal, 90 yds. wide, 35 ft. deep (end of June 1915),
crossed at a point 300 yds. from the Tigris. Stream 2^m.
per hour. Banks are sound, but steep. The canal bifur
cates about ^ m. from the Tigris, the two arms reuniting
■| m. farther on. It is never dry.
Sofeihah Canal, 30 yds. w r ide and 7 ft. deep near north
bank (June 1915). Sound banks and hard bottom.
Current 2 m. per hour. Dries up in l.w. season.
Sofeir(?) Canal, 20 yds wide and 3 ft. deep (June 1915).
Sound banks and hard bottom ; fordable ; dries up in l.w.
season.
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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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