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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. II. 1917' [181] (190/542)
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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THE EUPHRATES—EOUTE IV D
181
Inter
mediate
distance
Miles
u
4i
2
2^
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14
2
1
1
Left Bank
and poplar. The neighbouring Arabs are Mas'ud. Banks
here rise about 10 ft. above the level of the river (mean
water ?).
Patch of desert ends.
Latifiyeh (or Abu Dibs) Canal (dry in winter ?), running
generally ESE. and crossing the Baghdad road (about
*15 m.) immediately above Khan el-Bir {Route 21 a, m. 26).
About 1 m. NE. of the lower course of Latifiyeh Canal
lies the southern end of a large marshy area stretching for
11 m. NW. parallel to the general direction of the river.
Mouth of Mahmudiyeh Canal. It is crossed near its head
by a brick bridge without a parapet, carrying Museyib—
Fellujeh road [Route 18) about lift. wide. Bed of canal is
12 ft. wide. It apparently flows 8 m. SE. along the southern
end of the marshy area (see m. 21^), then flows NE. and E.,
crosses the Baghdad road at *15 m., and may reach the Tigris.
It was reported (1908) to flow for eight or nine months in
the year, irrigating fields of wheat, barley, and millet. This
canal, like the Iskanderiyeh, is the property of the
es-Samyeh.
Museyib—Fellujeh road runs close to river bank between
it and dry bed of an ancient canal.
Tel Niheh close to river bank.
Head of old canal leading SSE. and bordering edge of
marshy area (see m. 21-|).
Museyib—Fellujeh road runs between the bank and
Ridhwaniyeh Canal.
Imam Hamzeli, ^ m. N. of bank on the Ridhwaniyeh
Canal (see m. 61 below).
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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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