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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. II. 1917' [62] (71/542)
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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62 RIVER ROUTES
sudden rises may occur at the end of February, or (more commonly)
in March or April. In the second half of April there is the greatest
mean volume of water in the river, which sinks steadily through
May and continues to decline through June and July.
The difference between high and low water may be taken to be
on the whole 12-14 ft,, but there is a difference of between
the highest and lowest records.
The details of navigation are subject to much alteration owing to
the changes produced on the bed of the river by the floods.
Mohammaeeh—Bandar Naziei (about 110 m.)
Up to Bandar Naziri the Karun is in most parts, and in ordinary
seasons, navigable by a vessel of 5 or even 6 ft. draught: but in the
20 m. below Kaziri, a vessel of 3^- ft. draught may find difficulty
when the river is low. Vessels of 12 ft. draught can reach Salmaneli
bend, 14 m. above Mohammareh.
The rate of the stream in a high river is 4-6 knots, in a low river
about 2 knots. The river is 2-5 cables wide, and the channel is
tortuous (especially above 'Ali ibn el-Husein, 31 m. from Moham
mareh), and very narrow at the bends, where the deepest water
is generally on the concave side. Sand-banks extend from most of
the points, sometimes half-way across the river. The tide is felt as
far as Ali ibn el-Husein.
As far as Kut Abdallah, 5-6 m. below Naziri, the bottom is
mostly sand, or sand and mud, and is generally free from rocks ;
though 2 m. below Farisiat village a rock covered at high river
projects about 30 ft. from the r. bank. Off Kut 'Abdallah are
rocks with about 3 ft. of water. From this village to Bandar
Naziri the river is much encumbered with sand-banks and subject
to constantly changing channels. The banks from Mohammareh
to Bandar Naziri are low, and the adjoining country consists of
uncultivated plains deserted in summer and occupied by Arab
encampments in winter.
From Bandar Nazirx to Ahwaz (little more than 1 m.) there is
a great rise in the river-bed, and a series of heavy rapids, generally
considered unnavigable, exists. These rapids are 5 in number, with
a total length of about 2,000 yds. The real obstacle to navigation
is the second rapid from the top, where a reef runs out from the
1. bank leaving a channel only 100 yds. broad, broken up by islets
into two or three passages, of which the one nearest to the r. bank
is the easiest of ascent, but has a width of only 50 yds. The water
here rushes with a fall of 1 in 50. The total loss of height between
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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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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1:374, 374a:374b, 375:530, back-i
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