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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. I. 1918' [284] (293/568)
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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284 COMMUNICATIONS AND TRANSPORT
though empty native craft can be hauled or shot over it in high
The New Barrage (about ^ mile above the Old) and the Hilla
Regulator (about i mile above the New Barrage) are not passable for
large river-steamers, as their navigation locks are only 2 64 ft. wide,
(vi) Hindiyeh Barrage—Fellujeh.
Depths on this stretch are reported to be 3|-6| ft. in low water
and average 18 ft. in flood. The width of the river is generally
150-300 yds. Current in January about 2 m.p.h,
(c) Shatt el-Hai (Shatt el-Grharaf).
The Shatt el-Hai affords a waterway only in the high-water season ;
in low water it is practically dry.
It is reported that river-steamers drawing 4-jr ft. can navigate from
Kut el-Amara to Abu Mahau from February to June, and native
craft drawing up to 21; ft. can generally use this part of the channel
in July and December. #
From Abu Mahau to Decha Suweij (20-25 miles from Nasirlyeh)
the channel is about 12 ft. broad and 2ift. deep in high water.
There is in normal years no water communication between Decha
Suweij and Nasirlyeh, though in exceptionally high water, in 1915,
the Turks sent convoys of small to the Euphrates about
5 miles below Nasirlyeh by the Umm Jemal canal. In high watei
large hellams can generally pass from the Euphrates to the Khor
Huseiniyeh and reach the north-eastern limit of that lake, about
6 miles from Decha Suweij.
The only reliable waterway between the Shatt el-Hai and the
Euphrates is the Nahr Beidha or Beda'ah, which takes off from the
Shatt el-Hai about 2 miles above Shatrat el-Muntefiq and runs to the
Hammar Lake. This is practicable for large from December
to July.
The Nahr Hamzeh or Shatt el-Ibrahim branches from the Shatt
el-Hai about 20 miles below Shatrat el-Muntefiq and discharges into
the Hammar Lake. This is passable for small Itcllauis from Decembei
to July.
(d) The Diyaleh. . .
The Diyaleh is navigable by saftn in high water to within a tew
miles of the Hamrln hills. In March 1917 H.M.S. ascended
the river to Baqubeh. In the low-water season there is no waterway
on the Diyaleh, its supply being diverted near the Hamrm hills
into the Khalis and other canals.
The river follows a tortuous course, and is 50-150 yds. broad.
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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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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1:556, ii-r:ii-v, back-i
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