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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. I. 1918' [162] (171/568)
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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162
IKEIGATION OF IRAK
immediately below Eamadiyeh and the Habbaniyeh Lake, but no water
had been let into this channel, as the outlet from the basin had not
yet been made. It was intended to cut an outlet canal about 4 miles
long, from the NE. of the lake to the Euphrates about 4 miles above
Saqlawiyeh.
The area and capacity of the Habbaniyeh depression are as
follows:
Below 40 metres (131^ ft.) above sea-level, 146 sq. km. (56 sq. m.):
164,600,000 cubic metres (5,808,495,000 cubic ft.).
Below 43 metres (141 ft.) above sea-level, 257 sq. km. (99 sq. m.):
598,500,000 cubic metres (21,133,035,000 cubic ft.).
Below 46 metres (151 ft.) above sea-level, 341 sq. km. (132 sq. m.):
1,477,500,000 cubic metres (52,170,525,000 cubic ft.).
See further on the Habbaniyeh and Abu Dibis basins pp. 163-4.
Sir William Willcocks' Scheme for the Irrigation of Irak 1
With regard to the following summary of Sir William Willcocks'
proposals, it may be noticed that his scheme, in the form in which it
was put forward in 1911 (see pp. 165-8 below), has recently been criti
cized. It has been argued : (a)that the scheme is on an imprac
ticably large scale in view of the size of the population of Irak;
(b) that it is based on an insufficient study of the rivers and the
country; (c) that the advisability of restoring, if possible, the
drainage of southern Irak has not been taken into account; that
the claims of navigation have not been given their proper weight.
Proposed Works for the Prevention
Storage
With a view to obtaining adequate control of the river-water in
Irak, Sir William Willcocks has proposed the construction of bar
rages and escapes at the heads of the river-deltas.
The effect of such works would be: to relieve the rivers of
their excess flood-water at the points where they enter the alluvial
plains which lie below their high flood-levels, and thus to ensure
these plains against inundation ; (6) to enable large quantities of the
flood-supply of the rivers to be stored in reservoirs, so that it might
1 See Sir William Willcocks' Irrigation oj Mesopotamia (1st edition, 1905;
2nd edition, containing much new matter, 1911), and two articles by the same
author in the Near East for Sept. 29 and Oct. 6, 1916.
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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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