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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. II. 1917' [60] (69/542)
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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60
RIVEK EOUTES
ROUTE IC
THE NAVIGATION OF THE KHOE 'ABDALLAH,
KHOR ZOBEIE, &c.
Authorities Lorimer, Gazetteer of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, 1908; 1915;
Admiralty Charts 2837 6 and 1235 ; some recent information.
The Khor Abdallah is a large inlet running NW., from the head
of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
to Warbeh Island N. of Bubayan, between
the island of Bubayan to the SW.. and the mouth of the Shatt el-
Arab on the NE. A channel passing N. of Warbeh connects the
Khor 'Abdallah with the Khor eth-Tha'alab and the Khor Zobeir,
and another channel, apparently known as the Khor Bubayan, leads
from the Khor Abdallah S. of Warbeh Island to the head of the
Khor es-Sabiyeh.
The Khor 'Abdallah is about 18 m. wide at its entrance between
Ras el-Qa'id on Bubayan (with conspicuous fort), and Ras el-Blsheh at
the mouth of the Shatt el-'Arab. Its length to the E. end of Warbeh I.
is 20 m., where its width is about 2^ m. The navigation channel
trends NNW., and passes between the bank called Easht el-'Aish
and the flats off Bubayan to the SW., and the bank called Maraqqat
'Abdallah to the NE. (see Persian 1915, pp. 156 and
280). The width of the channel varies from 1 to 4 m. between
the 3-fathom contours. Depths of 4 fathoms can be carried to
about 5 m. SE. of Warbeh Island (3 } z m. from the Warbeh sand
bank). Thence depths of 3| fathoms are to be found up to the
channels on either side of Warbeh. The northern of these channels
has apparently depths varying from 7 to 2± fathoms, the least depth
being at the western end. The southern has depths of 2-10
fathoms, but its navigation is not recommended. There are said
to be good anchorages in the northern channel. Both sides of the
Khor 'Abdallah consist of low alluvial land covered with reeds and
grass. Shallow flats extend a long way from both sides, but much
farther from the northern shore, where the land is marshy and liable
to inundation. Boat channels are believed to connect the Khor
Abdallah with the Shatt el- Arab between Basra and Mohammareh
at Hamdan or Abu'l Eulus.
The Khor es-Sabiyeh is an inlet of the sea running NNW. from
the northern corner of Koweit Bay between the mainland on the
W, and Bubayan Island on the E. A small prolongation of the
Khor passing W. of Warbeh I. joins the Khor eth-Tha'alab leading
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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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