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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. II. 1917' [216] (225/542)
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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216
LAND EOUTES
After vain the whole of the country passed over becomes sodden
and heavy; the ground on the 1. bank is said to be more liable to
inundation than the other. Certain parts of the ground passed over
are impregnated with salt, and are said to be worse than the others
after rain. There are also numerous soft patches of oily sand.
In dry weather motor lorries have done this journey with some
trouble; after rain wheeled transport would find difficulty, and
could probably not count on doing more than 8-10 m. per day.
After rain transport of all kinds and men or horses would find it
difficult to do more than short marches.
There are practically no supplies. The few villages met with lie
within 16 m, of Ahwaz, but produce nothing worth calculating on.
Arab encampments during the winter, if met with, might produce
some cattle and sheep. Water is obtainable from the Karun Eiver.
Between Ali ibn el-Husein and Kut Abdallah the track followed
runs for 26 m. over waterless country accompanied by the pipe-line;
this would be avoided by following the river more closely, thus
lengthening the journey by 12-15 m.
There is no grazing except after rain, and then only in very
limited quantity. Fuel is obtainable from brushwood which grows
along the bank of the river, but the supply is rapidly diminishing.
Miles from
Moham-
mareh
0
8
Mohammareh. The route starts on the 1. bank of the
Karun, immediately above the point where the Bahman
Shir branches off. The latter is unfordable at all times of
the year. Travellers usually cross to or from r. bank
of the Karun at Marid, and begin or conclude their use
of this route at that point.
Marid village, stream and ferry. When the water is low
(i. e. between May and October) the Marid is fordable,
though the bottom is always muddy. After the rains
Uave begun (i. e. any time between November and March)
the Marid is often unfordable, and must then be crossed
by a ferry, the animals being swum over. The best place
for the erection of a bridge or for the passage by ferry is
within 200 yds. of the Karun ; farther down the stream
gradually becomes a marsh, and another obstacle in the
shape of the Fellahlyeh Canal would have to be crossed.
The width of the channel is 40 ft., but the amount filled
with water varies according to the season of the year.
The bank is suitable for landing heavy vehicles in h.w.;
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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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