Political No. 168 of 1873, Forwarding Copies of a Letter Containing a Report on the Coal or Fossil Bitumen at Harbool
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Political No. 168 of 1873, Forwarding Copies of a Letter Containing a Report on the Coal or Fossil Bitumen at Harbool
- Date:
- 1873/1873
- Description:
- Abstract: This item consists of copies of Political Despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 2 October 1873 and received by the India Office Secret Department on 2 November 1873, forwarding a letter from the Political Agent in Turkish Arabia [Ottoman Iraq] and Consul-General in Bagdad [Baghdad], to the Ambassador at Constantinople [Istanbul], containing a report on the coal or fossil bitumen at Harbool [probably Erbil, also known as Hawler]. The report, by Monsieur Mongel, a French Civil Engineer, describes 'les mines de bitume fossile dans les environs de Zako [Zakho] (Kurdistan)' [the mines of fossil bitumen in the area of Zako [Zakho] (Kurdistan) [Iraqi Kurdistan]].Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 2, and terminates at f 10a, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The sequence contains six foliation anomalies: f 2a, f 4a, f 5a, f 7a, f 8a, and f 10a.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival item
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Fuels
Bitumen - Geographic region:
- Kurdistan
- Rights:
- المُلكية العامة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100109207788.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100109207788.0x000001_en
IOR/L/PS/6/112, ff 2-10A
IOR/L/PS/6/112, ff 2-10A