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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. I. 1918' [172] (181/568)
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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172
AGrKICULTURE AND LAND TENURE
marshes into which the canals drain. Eice and barley
appear to be the most important crops.
(iv) The Hai district. Barley and wheat are grown along the
Shatt el-Hai.
(v) The neighbourhood of the Hindiyeh and Hilla branches of
the. Euphrates from Museyib as far down as the Bahr-i-
Sbinafiyeh on the Hindiyeh arm, and the neighbourhood of
Diwaniyeh on the Hilla. This is an immensely fertile
region with a comparatively large agricultural population.
Conditions here are specially favourable to the increase of
production in the immediate future by the organization and
extension of irrigation. The principal crops are wheat and
barley, rice on the lands to which abundant water can be
brought, and dates.
(vi) The Baghdad—Baqubeh district. The alluvial plain NNE. of
Baghdad, watered by the Khalis canal from the Diyaleh,
produces chiefly wheat and barley some rice and cotton
are raised in summer ; dates are grown along the Tigris
near Baghdad.
(b) In Arabistan and Behbehan:
(i) The Persian bank of the Shatt el-Arab, producing chiefly
dates.
(ii) The Fellahlyeh district (watered by the Jerrahi): dates,
rice, barley, and wheat.
(iii) The Hawlzeh district, west of the Karun river, and includ
ing the marshes of the Karkeh : rice and dates.
(iv) The Ahwaz district, from the Karun eastwards towards the
Jerrahi, produces wheat and barley in years of favourable
rainfall.
(v) The Dizful—Shushtar region. This area, and especially the
Dizful plain, has great agricultural possibilities. Wheat is
the staple crop ; a good deal of rice is also grown.
(yi) The Eamuz plain produces wheat, barley, and rice.
(vii) The Behbehan plain: wheat, barley, and rice.
(c) In Upper Mesopotamia :
(i) The region of the Zabs. This is the most important agricul
tural area in upper Mesopotamia. It includes the plains
between the Tigris in the neighbourhood of Mosul* and the
lower course of the Great Zab, the Erbil plain between the
Great and the Lesser Zab, and a chain of cultivated areas
extending along the foot of the Kurdish hills from Erbil to
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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)
- 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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