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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. II. 1917' [45] (54/542)
The record is made up of 1 volume (269 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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SHATT EL-'ARAB—EOUTE I A
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Du'eiji Creek. At some distance (f-f m.) up this great
creek the Nahr Kheyyein (see m. 52|) takes off to the E.
Du eiji village is about 2^ m. up Du'eiji Creek. The village
is divided into several small hamlets. Pop., &c. (1908).
3,000 Muhaisin; 50,000 palms, 250 cattle, 600 sheep and
goats, a few horses, and 20 camels. Two-thirds of village
belonged to the Ba'irat es-Sam There is a Turkish
custom-house here. The Basra—Mohammareh land route
runs through Du'eiji : see JRoute 3, m. 13.
Upper end of Taweileh Island.
Nalir Jasim Creek. Village of same name ^ m. up it.
Pop. 500 Muhaisin ; 10,000 palms, some live stock.
Ajeirawiyeh I., a long, low island stretching from a
point in this neighbourhood (r. bank) to a point 2 m. by
river below the British Consulate in Basra. Its length is
about 8^ m., and its average breadth f m. At its northern
extremity was situated the Turkish quarantine station.
Pop. 1,500, Idan and 'Atub ; about 30,500 date-trees. The
island is separated from the r. bank by a channel known as
Salhiyeh, which is navigable by launches at high water.
There are about twelve small hamlets on the island. Some
property on the island is owned by the nephews of the
Sheikh of Koweit.
Between Nahr Jasim and Daheimet es-Saghlr Creek are
three small villages, at intervals of | m., with pop. of 60
to 100 Muhaisin ; 7,000 to 8,000 palms in all, and a few
cattle, sheep, and goats. A little wheat and barley.
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This volume is A Handbook of Mesopotamia, Volume II, Irak, The Lower Kārūn, and Luristan (Admiralty War Staff Intelligence Division, May, 1917), covering the regions of the Shatt el-‘Arab [Shaṭṭ al-‘Arab], Kārūn, Luristan, and the Tigris and Euphrates up to Baghdad and Fellūjeh [Fallūjah]. 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.
The volume includes a note on confidentiality, a title page, 'Note', 'Abbreviations'. There is a 'Contents' which include the following sections:
- Introduction;
- River Routes (Shatt el-‘Arab, The Kārūn, The Tigris, The Euphrates, The Shatt el-Hai);
- Land Routes (The Region of the Shatt el-‘Arab, The Tigris Valley, The Region of the Lower Kārūn River of Luristan, The Euphrates Valley, Connexions between the Tigris and Euphrates Valley, The Arabian Desert);
- Railways;
- Gazetteer of Towns;
- Bibliographical Note and List of Maps;
- Transliteration of Names;
- Glossary;
- Appendices (A: Notes on Weather on the Tigris, B: The Control of the Tigris Water, C: The Control of the Euphrates Water, D: Oil-Fields of the Mesopotamia and Persian Frontier, E: Note on Mules);
- Index;
- Plates;
- Maps.
The volume includes eight plates that illustrate the volume. There are also three maps:
- 'Baghdad';
- 'City Map of Baghdad';
- 'Mesopotamia: Outline Map Showing Routes'.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (269 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume is arranged accourding to numbered routes. There is a table of contents at the front of the volume and an alphabetical index at the back. There is also a list of plates and two maps are house in a pocket and one is a foldout.
- Physical characteristics
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'. side of the folio.
Pagination: The volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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- Title
- 'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. II. 1917'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1:374, 374a:374b, 375:530, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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