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'A HANDBOOK OF MESOPOTAMIA VOLUME 1 GENERAL' [216r] (436/744)
The record is made up of 1 volume (367 folios). It was created in Aug 1916. It was written in English, Armenian, Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Ottoman, Kurdish and Syriac. 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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This volume is Handbook of Mesopotamia, Volume 1: General (Admiralty War Staff, Intelligence Division: August 1916). The handbook contains a variety of information about the region of Mesopotamia, including its geography, economy, population, and history. The prefatory note at the start of the volume specifies that it ‘contains matter of a general nature’, while the following three volumes in the series contain ‘detailed description of the river and land routes’. The handbook comprises information about Mesopotamia under the following chapter headings:
- ‘Boundaries and Physical Features’
- ‘Climate’
- ‘Minerals’
- ‘Flora and Fauna’
- ‘Hygiene’
- ‘History’
- ‘Inhabitants’
- ‘Religions’
- ‘Administration’
- ‘Irrigation of Irak’
- ‘Agriculture’
- ‘Commerce and Industry’
- ‘Currency, Weights and Measures’
- ‘Communication and Transport’
- ‘Transliteration of Arabic, Persian, and Turkish Names’
- ‘Vocabularies’.
The volume also contains three maps: ‘Administrative Divisions and Chief Towns’ (f 363), ‘Racial Divisions’ (f 364), and ‘Area Available For Irrigation’ (f 365). The volume contains a table of contents on folio 9r, a list of maps on folio 9v, and an index on folios 355-361.
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- 1 volume (367 folios)
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 367; 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 each folio.
Pagination: the volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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- English, Armenian, Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Ottoman, Kurdish and Syriac in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/L/PS/20/C138/1
- Title
- 'A HANDBOOK OF MESOPOTAMIA VOLUME 1 GENERAL'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:362v, 366r:366v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence