'A HANDBOOK OF MESOPOTAMIA VOLUME 1 GENERAL'

Title:

'A HANDBOOK OF MESOPOTAMIA VOLUME 1 GENERAL'

Date:

1916/1916

Description:

Abstract: 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.Physical description: 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 side of each folio.Pagination: the volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

History
Religion

Geographic region:

Mesopotamia

Rights:

المُلكية العامة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000884.0x000173_ar
81055/vdc_100000000884.0x000173_en
IOR/L/PS/20/C138/1
IOR/L/PS/20/C138/1

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