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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. I. 1918' [275] (284/568)
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 TEANSPORT
275
Eaniyeh Lahjan plain via Wazneh Pass (for Ushnu and Ui'mia).
Eaniyeh—Eowanduz.
Eaniyeh Lrbil via Koi Sanjak (does not need much improvement
for wheels).
Erbil Eowanduz (there may possibly be a recently made cart-road
between these places).
Mosul—Eowanduz via the Great Zab ferry at Girdamamik and
Baba Chichek (passable for carts to Baba Chichek).
Eowanduz—Ushnu via Kelishin Pass.
Mosul—Van via Amadiyeh, Julamerk, and Bash Qal'ab.
Mosul—Jezlret-ibn-'Omar via Simel and Zakho (passable for
wheels to the Jebel Abyadh).
Mosul Jezlret-ibn- Omar via Simel and Feishkhabur (passable for
wheels to Simel).
Jezlret-ibn-Omar—Bitlis via Sairt and Ziyaret Wa'iz el-Qur'ani
(may have been improved since 1914, but before the war the stretch
along the Bitlis valley from Ziyaret Waiz el-Qur'ani (where the
Diarbekr—Bitlis road joins) was a very difficult mule-track).
J eziret-ibn-'Omar—Diarbekr via Midiat.
Jezlret-ibn- Omar—Nisibin (needs improving for carts near Jezlret-
ibn-'Omar).
Mardln—Urfeh via Veiran Shehr.
Diarbekr—Mush via Hazro, Pasur, and the Kulp valley (ap
parently passable for wheels to Pasur and may have been recently
improved beyond that place).
Diarbekr Chabakchur plain cltt Lijjeh (for Erzerum j apparently
passable for wheels to Lijjeh).
Diarbekr—Palu via Haini or Piran.
Diarbekr Chunkush via Chermuk (passable for wheels to
Chermuk).
(c) Bridges, Ferries, and Fords.
Bridges on the larger rivers are rare. They occur at the following
places:
On the Tigris above Samarra:
At Diarbekr (stone).
At Jezlret-ibn-'Omar (boat-bridge).
At Mosul (boat-bridge).
On the Euphrates:
At Deir ez-Zor (stone ]unfinished in 1917, completed only from r.
bank to island ; thence to 1. bank ' floating' (boat ?) bridge).
At Jerablus (railway).
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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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