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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. II. 1917' [460] (471/542)
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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460 APPENDIX C
The reasons for this inferiority of the Euphrates are:—
(i) There is more dispersion of water in branch channels and
marshes on the lower Euphrates than on the lower Tigris.
(ii) The New Hindiyeh Barrage affects navigation down
stream of it, and it and the Hilla Regulator can be used to interfere
very seriously with navigation. Details are given below.
It may be noticed here that the old Hindiyeh Barrage near the
head of the Hindiyeh Branch effectively blocks navigation, while the
locks on the New Barrage and the Hilla Regulator are not wide
enough for the larger classes of river-steamer.
(d) The remarks on the damming of the Tigris on pp. 447-448 are,
in general, applicable to the Euphrates. But the following differences
may be noticed :—
(i) The Hindiyeh Barrage is a ready-made dam which can at any
time be used for the diversion of water from the Euphrates up
stream of it.
(ii) The damming of the Hilla Branch would be easy at any
season, as the water could always be shut off during the construction
of the dam by the closing of the Hilla Regulator.
(e) The ground-levels along the Euphrates fall from 40 to 19
metres above sea-level between Fellujeh and Diwaniyeh, while those
on the Tigris fall from 34 to 17 metres between Baghdad and Kut.
Between Diwaniyeh and Nasirlyeh the levels fall from 19 to about
3 metres at Nasirlyeh, and they range from about 3 to 2 metres
between Nasiriyeh and the Shatt el- c Arab : whereas between Kut and
Ezra's Tomb the Tigris levels range from 17 to 4 metres. An enormous
amount of water leaves the right bank of the Tigris between Kut
and Ezra's Tomb, and much of it finds its way into the Euphrates
between Nasirlyeh and the Shatt el- e Arab. This inflow from the
Tigris is one of the principal causes which have produced the great
expanse of marsh and open water between Nasirlyeh and Gurmat c Ali.
C onditions feom H it to the H indiyeh B akrage
The river enters its delta at Hit, and thenceforward flows over
a bed almost wholly of alluvium, though at first there are a few
outcrops of rock in it. The width of the stream varies from 500 to
150 yds. The current at Hit is about 5 m.p.h. in high flood, and
about 1/| m.p.h.^ in low water. This stretch of the Euphrates is
navigable for river-steamers throughout the year, though until
steamer-traffic had helped to clear the channel, navigation on some
parts of it might be difficult in the low season.
The Country on the Right Bank, —From Hit to the neighbourhood
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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.
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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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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1:374, 374a:374b, 375:530, back-i
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