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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. I. 1918' [258] (267/568)
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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258
COMMUNICATIONS AND TEANSPORT
(d) Banah—Suleimaniyeh (for Mosul or Baghdad), ? 75 miles.
Pack-road, used by infantry in the winter of 1916-17,
[Suleimaniyeh—Baghdad via Kirkuk and Kufri, about 255 miles.
Fit for wheels throughout if the report (May 1918) of the recent
improvement of the Suleimaniyeh—Kirkuk road is correct.
Suleimaniyeh—Baghdad via Zagirmeh Pass and Kufri, about
190 miles. Pack-road from Suleimaniyeh to Kufri (70 miles);
Kufri—Baghdad, passable for wheels.
Suleimaniyeh—Mosul via Kirkuk, about 175 miles. Passable for
wheels, perhaps throughout, at any rate from Kirkuk.]
(e) Senna—Suleimaniyeh via Penjevin (about 140 miles). Pack-
road.
(/) Senna—Suleimaniyeh via Tavala. Pack-road, reported to be
used by an annual caravan from Suleimaniyeh to Tabriz.
(g) Kirmanshah—Suleimaniyeh via Halebjeh (about 170 miles).
Pack-road.
III. Routes South of the Main — Boad
Between the main Kirmanshah—Baghdad route and the Persian
Gulf the least difficult part of the mountain-barrier seems to lie
somewhat west of a direct line between Khurramabad and Dizful.
It is traversed by the routes mentioned under (c) below.
(а) Kirmanshah—Baghdad via Mandali (about 215 miles). Pack-
road diverging from main route at Khorasabad about 46 miles from
Kirmanshah.
(б) Kirmanshah—Kut el-Amara Deh Bala (200 miles). This
route, which leads through the Pusht-i-Kuh, is suitable for pack-
transport only.
(c) Khurramabad—Dizful (115-175 miles). There are a number
of routes suitable for pack-transport between these places, the easiest
of which appear to be that by Ab-i-Sard, Valmian, and Ab-i-Tirada
(152 miles, making a detour to west, but keeping east of the Kashgan
river), and the longer detours by Pul-i-Madian Rud and Pul-i-Kurr-o-
Dukhtar or Pinjreh (165 or 175 miles). There is a fairly direct
caravan-route via Ab-i-Sard, Ser-i-Gul, and Ab-i-Tirada (115 miles).
On the projected railway from Mohammareh to Khurramabad
Dizful see p. 267,
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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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