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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. I. 1918' [9] (18/568)
The record is made up of 1 volume (282 folios). It was created in 1918. It was written in English, Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Armenian, Kurdish and Syriac. 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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CHAPTEK 1
BOUNDARIES AND PHYSICAL FEATURES
Boundaries, position, and extent—Main features of surface—Relation to inter
national lines of communication—Geographical divisions and their surface—
River system—Coast.
Boundaries, Position, and Extent
The 'boundaries of the ami dealt with in this book are as
follows:
On the south : the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
and the desert of north-eastern
Arabia.
On the west: the Syrian Desert and, towards the north-west,
where Mesopotamia adjoins northern Syria, the western side of the
Euphrates trough between Gerger and Meskeneh.
On the north : the highest crests of the eastern Taurus ranges (the
southern rim of the Armenian plateau), eastwards from where the
Euphrates breaks through these mountains to the south-western
corner of Lake Van near Bitlis.
On the north-east, from Bitlis to the Kelishin Pass on the Persian
frontier south-west of Ushnu: a line following the
watershed
The boundary between adjacent drainage basins.
between
the Tigris on the south-west and Lakes Van and Urmia on the north
and east respectively.
On the east, from the Kelishin Pass to the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
: the high
ranges which form the western rim of the plateau of Iran (Persia).
This region lies between lat. 38° 30' N. and lat. 29° 30' N. Its
northern part falls between long. 37° 50' E. and long. 45° 30' E. ; its
southern end is between long. 48° 30' E. and long. 51° 30' E. Its
length, from the Arghana Pass in the eastern Taurus to Fao at the
mouth of the Shatt el-Arab, is 770 miles. From west to east its
greatest breadth is about 380 miles (from Birijik on the Euphrates
to the Kelishin Pass on the Persian frontier); its breadth in the
neighbourhood of Baghdad is about 150 miles. Its total area is about
200,000 square miles.
The greater part ot this country lies within the boundaries of the
Turkish Empire, including the eastern part of the vilayet (province;
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This volume is A Handbook of Mesopotamia, Volume I, General (Naval Staff, Intelligence Department: November 1918). This is an updated and expanded edition of A Handbook of Mesopotamia, Volume I, General (Admiralty War Staff, Intelligence Department: August 1916) (IOR/L/MIL17/15/41/1). This is an introductory volume containing matter of a general nature giving an account of conditions in Mesopotamia, for the most part as they were before the First World War.
The volume includes a note on official use, a title page and 'Note'. There is a page of 'Contents' that 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 and Land Tenure;
- Chapter 12: Commerce and Industry;
- Chapter 13: Currency, Weights, and Measures;
- Chapter 14: Communications and Transport;
- Vocabularies;
- Index.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (282 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume is arranged in numbered chapters. There is a contents page and an alphabetically arranged index.
- 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'. of the folio.
Pagination: The volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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- 'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. I. 1918'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1:556, ii-r:ii-v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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