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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [5] (14/432)
The record is made up of 1 volume (214 folios). It was created in 1917. It was written in English. 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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Mesopotamia is treated in four volumes. The first volume contains
matter of a general nature. The other volumes are devoted to the
detailed description of the river and land routes. The second volume
covers the regions of the Shatt el- e Arab and Karun, and of the Tigris
and Euphrates up to Baghdad and Fellujeh. To the third volume
are assigned the Tigris and Euphrates from Baghdad and Fellujeh
to Mosul and Meskeneh, the Lesser Zab ? the country East of the
Tigris towards the Persian frontier, and the routes running westward
from the Euphrates valley across the Syrian Desert. The fourth
volume treats of the country North of the line joining Rowanduz,
Mosul, Meskeneh, and Aleppo up to Van, Bitlis, Diarbekr, and
Marash.
All estimates of mileage must be considered as approximate only.
In most cases they are based on the rough calculations of travellers,
or on the times given by travellers, or on sketch-maps or incomplete
surveys. The question-marks placed beside some of the figures
indicate that these are peculiarly doubtful: it is not implied that
other figures may be regarded as exact.
It is necessary to emphasize the fact that in the circumstances the
information given cannot be complete, and that conditions are con
stantly undergoing change. The Admiralty will be glad to receive
corrections and additions.
Maps to accompany these volumes will be issued separately.
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This volume is A Handbook of Mesopotamia, Volume III, Central Mesopotamia with Sourthern Kurdistan and the Syrian Desert (Admiralty War Staff Intelligence Division, January, 1917), covering the Tigris and Euphrates from Baghdad and Fellūjeh [Fallujah] to Mosul and Meskeneh [Maskanah], the Lesser Zāb, the country east of the Tigris towards the Persian frontier, and the routes running westward from the Euphrates valley across the Syrian Desert. The volume was prepared on behalf of the Admiralty and War Office, and appears to be based on official and unofficial publications and maps which are cited in a bibliographical section in the volume. This volume was supplemented with corrections and additions in June 1918 (see IOR/L/MIL/17/15/41/5).
The volume includes a note on confidentiality, a title page, 'Note', 'Abbreviations'. There is a page of 'Contents' which includes the following sections:
- Introduction;
- River Routes (The Tigris and the Lesser Zāb, The Euphrates);
- Land Routes (The Tigris Valley with Region to East, The Euphrates Valley, Connexions between Tigris and Euphrates Valleys, The Syrian Desert);
- Gazetteer of Towns;
- Bibliographical Note;
- Transliteration of Names;
- Glossary;
- Appendix;
- Index;
- 'Sketch Map of Routes', which includes 'City Map of Baghdad' (f. 212) and 'Mesopotamia: Outline Map Showing Routes, Volume III' contained in a pocket.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (214 folios)
- Arrangement
This volume is arranged according to numbered routes. There is a page of contents and an alphabetical index. There are two maps housed in a pocket.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover and terminates at the inside back cover; 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'. side of each folio (except for the front cover, where the folio number is located on the verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. ).
Pagination: The volume also has an original printed pagination sequence.
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- IOR/L/MIL/17/15/41/4
- Title
- 'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1:422, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence