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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. I. 1918' [33] (42/568)
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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CLIMATE
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Mosul, and even 10-9 0 F. at Diarbekr. This severe cold at Diarbekr
is doubtless due to its position in a basin, into which the cold air
drains from the surrounding mountains.
The lowest and highest temperatures which have been recorded
show the same wide range, though the observations have not yet
extended over a long period, seven years being available for Urfeh,
but from two to four for Diarbekr, and from three to four years
for Mosul.
Place,
Highest
Temperature
recorded, 0 F.
Month,
Loivest
Temperature
recorded, 0 F.
Month.
Range,
0 F.
Urfeh .
Diarbekr
Mosul .
110-7
107.8
118.8
July
August
July
19-4
-0-4
4-8
December
January
a
91-3
108-2
114-5
This represents the extreme range of temperature which has
been recorded for each place duri ng the period for which observa
tions are available. If, however, the difference between the lowest
mean monthly minimum and the highest mean monthly maximum
(Tables III and VI, pp. 44-6 and 46-7), that is, between the lowest
and highest temperatures which may ordinarily be expected in any
year, be taken, the annual range is: for Urfeh, 77-1 0 F.; for Diarbekr,
944° F. ; and for Mosul, 974° F.
Rainfall (Tables IX and X, pp. 50-1)
In upper Mesopotamia the rainfall is moderately plentiful at
stations in and near the mountains, but it diminishes rapidly towards
the alluvial plain of the Euphrates and Tigris.
The station of 'Aintab, which is situated in the hills about
60 miles to the north of Aleppo, has an average annual rainfall of
22-06 inches, as deduced from a series of observations which extends
over 32 years (Table IX, p. 60). The greatest amount of rain falls in
December (443 inches), while more than 3 inches are recorded in
November, January, and February. The months of July, August,
and September are rainless, while the average rainfall in June is
only 0-24 inch.
At the other stations the observations are probably too few as
yet to furnish satisfactory averages, but they all show the heaviest
rainfall as occurring in March, with a secondary maximum in
December at Urfeh, and in November at Diarbekr and Mosul. This
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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.
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- 1 volume (282 folios)
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The volume is arranged in numbered chapters. There is a contents page and an alphabetically arranged index.
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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'. of the folio.
Pagination: The volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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