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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. I. 1918' [257] (266/568)
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 TRANSPOET
257
I. Kirmanshah — Baghd via Khanihin
About 220 miles. A great trade-route. Eailway, Baghdad—Khani-
kin, about 94 miles ; metre gauge. Eoad passable for wheels, except
after heavy snow or rain in winter.
[Tabriz—Baghdad via Bijar, Sain Qal'ah, and Kirmanshah, about
565 miles. This follows the main caravan-route from Tabriz to
Kirmanshah, which is passable for camel-transport, and has been
used by Persian artillery.
Tabriz—Baghdad via Sakiz, Senna, and Kirmanshah, about
530 miles.
Tehran—Baghdad via Hamadan and Kirmanshah, about 520 miles.
Passable for wheels except after heavy snow or rain in winter.]
II. Routes North of the Main —
None of these is passable for wheels throughout. The principal are:
(а) Urmia—Mosul via Ushnu, Jildigan, Shinawa (Lahjan plain),
the Giru-i-Sheikh Pass, Eayat, Eowanduz (about 220 miles). From
Shinawa to Eowanduz (about 90 miles from Mosul) and perhaps as
far as Baba Chichek (about 63 miles from Mosul) this route is fit for
pack-animals only, and is liable to be blocked by snow in winter. It
was used for a move on Urmia by Khalil Bey in the summer of 1915.
[The road from Ushnu to Eowanduz by the Kelishin Pass is some
16-20 miles shorter than that by the Oiru-i-Sheikh Pass, but it is
more difficult.
Tabriz—Mosul via Ushnu and Eowanduz, about 315 miles.
Tabriz—Mosul via Suj Bulaq, Shinawa, and Eowanduz, about
300 miles.]
(б) Urmia—Eaniyeh (for Altun Koprii and Baghdad, or Erbil and
Mosul) via Ushnu, Jildigan, the Lahjan plain, the Wazneh Pass,
and Derbend (about 150 miles). Between the Lahjan plain and
Eaniyeh this route is fit for pack-animals only. Liable to be blocked
by snow in winter.
[Eaniyeh—Baghdad via Altun Koprii and Kufri, about 270 miles ;
passable for wheels, or could be made so without difficulty.
Eaniyeh—Baghdad via Altun Koprii, the Lesser Zab, and Tigris.
By road to Altun KSprii (about 65 miles), and thence by
Eaniyeh—Mosul via Erbil, about 115 miles ; passable for wheels.]
(c) Banah—Eaniyeh via Ser Desht (about 135 miles). Pack-road
from Ser Desht (mile 35).
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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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