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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. I. 1918' [272] (281/568)
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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272 COMMUNICATIONS AND TRANSPORT
Ramuz—Bandar Ma'shur.
Janjireh—Bandar Dilam via Bandar Ma'shur and Hindlyan (the
Hindlyan would need bridging).
(6) The following tracks are passable for pack-animals :
Amlnlyeh (Ahwaz)—Amara.
Dizful—Amara via Shush (from Shush onwards practicable for
wheels in the dry season).
Ahwaz—Maidan-i-Naftun via Abgungi.
Shushtar—Maidan-i-Naftun.
Shushtar—Ramuz.
Behbehan—Hindlyan.
Behbehan—Bandar Dilam.
For the routes crossing the mountains from Arabistan or Irak to
Isfahan, Khurramabad, and Kirmanshah see pp. 258-9, 257. Of the
cross-routes in the highlands may be mentioned the mule-tracks from
Khurramabad to Deh Bala, from Deh Luran to Deh Bala, and from
Deh Bala to Qasr-i-Shlrln and Ser-i-Pul. There is a way reported
to be passable for all arms along the lower valleys of the Pusht-i-Kuh
from Dizful to Deh Luran and Zorbatiyeh on the Kut el-Amara—
Kirmanshah route.
(c) Bridges, Ferries, and Fords.
The Karun is bridged at the following points:
Band-i-Qlr (boat-bridge over the Ab-i-Gargar branch of the river,
passable by field-artillery).
Shushtar (Pul-i-Lashkar, stone bridge, on south side of town to
Miyanab Island ; Pul-i-Bulaiti, a dam across the Ab-i-Gargar east of
the town ; the Pul-i-Dizful, north of Shushtar over the Ab-i-Shatait,
is broken down).
Pul-i-Shalu or Gudar-i-Bulatak on Lynch Road (iron suspension
bridge, 20 miles from Malamir and 130 miles from Ahwaz).
Du Pulan (brick bridge on Lynch Road, 183 miles from Ahwaz).
Above Du Pulan the upper Karun is bridged 3 miles above Duvizdeh
Imam (stone and mortar), at Kaj (stone and mortar), at Rustami
(wooden; ruins of stone bridge), and at Pul-i-'Ali Kuh (6 miles
above Rustami; wooden).
The Diz is bridged at Dizful by a stone and brick structure.
The Bazuft is bridged at Pul-i-Amarati on the Ahwaz—Dizful road
at about 166 miles from Ahwaz (steel wire suspension).
The Karun is unfordable in Arabistan, and also apparently in the
Bakhtiyari mountains up to its junction with the Ab-i-Behistabad.
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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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