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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. II. 1917' [56] (65/542)
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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RIVER ROUTES
Bight Bank
Mound about 20 ft. high : another of the same height
about m. to N., about 1 m. from river.
A short distance above this mound the river begins to
trend in a general WNW. direction.
Nahr 'Umr. Large creek and village of same name, the
property of the Naqlb of Basra. Dates and rice cultivated.
On the S. side of the mouth of the creek is the shrine of
Imam Sheikh 'Ali.
The Deir tract extends from Nahr 'Umr up to Nahr Shafi.
The palm-groves are here denser. Deir tract is under its
own sheikh.
Deir village, with date-groves, lies some distance back
from the river.
Yazduk Creek.
Shaii Canal and village. The creek is now bridged
(see Route 2, m. 30). 5 brick-kilns. There used to be a
Turkish military post here. Above this there is open
country for about 5 miles.
Depths of 12-15 ft. (low-river level) have apparently been
found opposite the creek and for 2-3 miles above; depths
then ranged from 15-24 ft. (l.w.) up to Kurna Bar.
Sherish. tract begins and extends up to Sherish village
opposite Kurna. It is under its own sheikh.
Nahr Derbend, leading to the old channel of the
Euphrates near Derbend village. (See IV A (i),
m. 50
43i
Odin Point.
44
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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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- '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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