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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. I. 1918' [34] (43/568)
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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34
CLIMATE
approximates to the yearly distribution of rainfall at stations in
western Persia. The number of rainy days shows maxima in the
same months (Table X, p. 50), and call for no special remark.
Snow occurs in upper Mesopotamia in December and January, and
sometimes in February and March as well. It is recorded on eight
days on the average at Diarbekr and on two at Urfeh during the
winter.
Humidity (Table VIII, p. 48)
The mean relative humidity at Urfeh is remarkably low and, if
the figures are correct, must be ascribed to the /67m effect when the
winds blow from the northward over the high mountain-ranges
of Asia Minor and descend to the much lower level of the basin of
the Euphrates as warm and dry winds. In summer the humidity
is particularly low, being from 26 to 29 per cent. At Mosul it is
considerably higher, especially in December and January.
Thunderstorms (Table XII ? p. 54)
Thunderstorms are moderately common, and occur most frequently
in April and May, when the average number for the month is 4 at
Diarbekr and 3 at Urfeh, the average number in the year being 14-6
at the former and 10-3 at the latter place.
Cloud (Table XIII, p. 54)
Observations of the amount of cloud are available from Urfeh, and
also from Mosul, where observations were made three times daily.
While the summer months, June to September, are almost cloudless,
the amount increases rapidly in the autumn, until during the winter
months the mean amount is from 4 to 5, Mosul showing a maximum
of 5 to 6 in April (Table XIII, p. 54), on a scale in which 10 represents
a completely overcast sky.
Lower Mesopotamia
The northern portion of lower Mesopotamia extends from about
Baghdad on the Tigris to Kurna at the junction of the Euphrates
and the Tigris, and its extremely hot and dry climate is represented
by the meteorological observations which have been taken at Baghdad
and Babylon. At Baghdad these extend over a period of twenty-one
years, while at Babylon they were made regularly for six years by an
archaeological mission which was carrying out excavations there.
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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.
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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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- 'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. I. 1918'
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- 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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