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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. I. 1918' [261] (270/568)
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 TEANSPOKT
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[Mecca—Nejef via Ha'il, about 836 miles.
Medina—Nejef via Ha'il, about 632 miles.]
(ii) The Darb Zobeideh via Sha'ibah, Trobah, Bli- Beleghbiyeli,
Birket Ashabah (or'Asbshar), Birket ez-Zebalab, Birket el-Jumeimeh
(about 403 miles). This, the old route, passing about 40 miles
west of (i). It is provided with wells and tanks at regular intervals,
but water is scarce, the rain not being sufficient to fill the reservoirs,
and the Hajj now follows the Hayyanlyeh route as safer and more
direct.
(An alternative route diverges from near Trobah, and makes a
detour to east via Khadrah, Leinah, and Selman wells, and rejoins
the Darh Zobeideh about 40 miles south of Nejef.)
(iii) Via Hazil and Blr Samlt (? about 377 miles). For most of its
length this way passes west of the Hayyanlyeh route.
(6) Boreidah—Nejef.
(i) Via Ha'il, Hayyaniyeh, and Loqah (about 505 miles).
(ii) Via Blr Zerud, Hayyanlyeh, and Loqah (about 476 miles).
[ Kiyadh—Nejef via Boreidah and Hail, about 740 miles.
Kiyadh—Nejef via Boreidah and Blr Zerud, about 701 miles.
Mecca—Boreidah, about 480 miles.]
(c) Ha'il—Samaweh, by the Darh to Blr Beleghbiyeh,
thence to Leinah wells, and along the by the Selman
wells (about 344 miles).
[d) Boreidah—Samaweh via Ayun el-Qaslm, Quseibah, Leinah
wells, and the Barb Selman (about 365 miles),
[Kiyadh—Samaweh via Boreidah, about 600 miles.
Mecca—Samaweh via Boreidah, about 845 miles.]
(e) Ha'il—Suq esh-Shuyukh via Blr Beleghbiyeh and Leinah
wells, thence by the wells of Umm Amarah, Unsab, Ohubbah and
Arkamlyeh, and by Qasr Blr Shagrah (about 390 miles).
{f)Boreidah—Suq esh-Shuyukh, as by to Leinah wells, and
thence as by (e), about 390 miles.
{g) Boreidah—Basra via Hafar, Eiqa i, Koweit, and Zobeir (about
460 miles).
(The alternative route from Hafar to Koweit via Abul Hiran is of
about the same length as that via Kiqa'i.
From Kiqa'i to Zobeir there is a direct route which is about
70 miles shorter than that by Koweit, but it is waterless.)
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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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