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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. I. 1918' [249] (258/568)
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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COMMUNICATIONS AND TRANSPORT
249
of the Euphrates Tthov, Passable for wheeled traffic (including light
motor-lorries) except when the floods are out round Khamisiyeh and
Nasirlyeh.
Nasirlyeh—Nejef (170 or 145 miles). Either by edge of Arabian
Desert throughout, or by desert-edge to Qasr Eahlm and then across
Bahr-i-Nejef when dry. Easy desert route ? not known to be passable
for wheels.
Nasirlyeh Hilla via Samaweh (170 miles). Tracks along Hilla
branch probably not at present passable for wheels.
Nejef—Baghdad via Kerbela and Museyib (110 miles). Before
the war this was an unmetalled road passable for carriages and light
motors in dry weather and unless interrupted by severe floods,
except at the pontoon bridge over the Euphrates at Museyib. The
road was much used by pilgrims to Kerbela and Nejef.
Hilla- Baghdad (60 miles). Railway (4 ft. 8^ in.). Road passable
for carriages and light motors in dry weather and if not interrupted
by floods : it joins the Museyib—Baghdad road about 30 miles from
Baghdad.
II. From the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Up to Ahwaz-Nazin the river-route is the only one of importance.
(a) River-route.
(i) From Fdo toAhwaz-Nazirl by Shatt el-'Arab and
Karun.
Fao—'Abbadan (A.P.O. Co.'s oil-refinery and terminus of pipe
line), 31 miles; Fao—Mohammareh, 46 miles (Basra—Mohammareh,
22 miles); Mohammareh—Nazirl, about 110 miles.
On the Shatt el-Arab see p. 280. The Mohammareh anchorage
for ocean-going vessels is in that river.
The Karun up to Nazirl is navigable for vessels of 5-6 ft. draught
except in low water, when vessels drawing 3| ft. may find difficulty
within 20 miles of Nazirl. The Ahwaz-Nazirl rapids practically block
navigation. Goods are unloaded at Nazirl, and transported by tram
to a point above the rapids, about 1-| mile upstream.
(ii) Almas — Shaleili (about 70 miles).
Practicable for shallow-draught steamers. Shaleili is on the Ab-i-
Gargar branch of the Karun about 7^ miles below Shushtar, and
4-5 miles above Dar-i-Khazineh, whence a cart-road leads to Maidan-
i-Naftun.
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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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