''Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. I. 1916''

Content

This volume is A Handbook of Mesopotamia, Volume I, General (Admiralty War Staff Intelligence Division: August 1916). It is an introductory volume containing matter of a general nature giving an account of conditions in Mesopotamia. The volume includes a note on official use, title page and ''Note''. There is a page of ''Contents'' and includes the following chapters and sections:

• Chapter 1: Boundaries and Physical Features;
• Chapter 2: Climate;
• Chapter 3: Minerals;
• Chapter 4: Fauna and Flora;
• Chapter 5: Hygiene;
• Chapter 6: History;
• Chapter 7: Inhabitants;
• Chapter 8: Religions;
• Chapter 9: Administration;
• Chapter 10: Irrigation of Irak Iraq;
• Chapter 11: Agriculture;
• Chapter 12: Commerce and Industry;
• Chapter 13: Currency, Weights and Measures;
• Chapter 14: Communication and Transport;
• Transliteration of Arabic, Persian and Turkish Names;
• Vocabularies;
• Index.

There is a List of Maps which includes:

• Map 1: Administrative Divisions and Chief Towns;
• Map 2: Racial Divisions;
• Map 3: Area Available for Irrigation.

Extent and format

1 volume (186 folios)

It is grouped into

'Map 1. Mesopotamia. Administrative Divisions and Chief Towns'

1 image

Ref: IOR/L/MIL/17/15/41/1, p 361

'Map 2. Mesopotamia. Racial Divisions'

1 image

Ref: IOR/L/MIL/17/15/41/1, p 363

'Map 3. Mesopotamia'

1 image

Ref: IOR/L/MIL/17/15/41/1, p 365

Arrangement

The volume is arranged according to numbered chapters. There is a page of contents and an alphabetically arranged index at the end of the volume. A list of maps appears following the table of contents.

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 each folio.

Pagination: The volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.

Written in

English, Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Armenian, Kurdish and Syriac in Latin and Arabic script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/L/MIL/17/15/41/1

Former external reference(s)

I.D. 1128 H 44

History of this record

Date(s)

1916 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Political informationMilitary intelligence

Places

Mesopotamia

People & organisations

Admiralty War Staff, Naval Intelligence Division

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