This volume contains vocabularies for the following languages: English, Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Armenian, Kurdish, and Syriac. It was published in London and was compiled by the Admiralty War Staff, Intelligence Division, on behalf of the Admiralty and the War Office during the First World War...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, Armenian, English, Kurdish, Persian, Syriac, Classical, and Turkish
Report on the Development of Mesopotamia with Special Reference to the Regeneration of the River Systems
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The volume is Sir George Buchanan KCIE: Report on the Development of Mesopotamia with Special Reference to the Regeneration of the River Systems (Simla: Government Monotype Press, 1917). The report contains preliminary remarks, and sections on: Mesopotamia as it was; Mesopotamia as it is; Reaso...
Distinctive Features: Sketch map of the Tigris and Euphrates delta produced to illustrate ‘Report on the Development of Mesopotamia’ showing the proposed irrigation works with new canals and drains labelled for reference and coloured red and blue respectively. Shows marshes and overflow areas w...
‘Nasiriyah-Qurnah. Showing Communications, Waterways and Surrounding Country’
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Imprint: Heliozincographed at the Survey of India Offices, Calcutta. M.A. Hakimkhan, Draftsman. Distinctive Features: Sketch map showing the river system between Nasiriyah and Qurnah produced to illustrate ‘Report on the Development of Mesopotamia’. Title continues: ‘Produced by Survey Party...
‘Map of portion of Tigris River, Qurhan-Qal’at Salih-Amarah Showing River and Road Communications. Field Surveys by Survey Party I.E.E. “D”. 1915-15’
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Imprint: Heliozincographed at the Survey of India Offices, Calcutta. M.A. Hakimkhan, Draftsman. Distinctive Features: Sketch map of the Tigris River between Qurnah and Amarah produced to illustrate ‘Report on the Development of Mesopotamia’ showing the waterway system with canals labelled fo...
Distinctive Features: Sketch map of the ancient Tigris and Euphrates delta produced to illustrate ‘Report on the Development of Mesopotamia’ showing the irrigation system with approximate course of the Old Tigris and position of ancient and existing canals. Contains explanatory notes on history...
‘Cross Sections of the River Tigris between Baghdad and Basra’
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Distinctive Features: Seven longitudinal sections produced to illustrate ‘Report on the Development of Mesopotamia’ showing water levels in high flood including flood discharge and tide with mean sea levels recorded during 1915 survey. Measurements reported and compared with Sir William Willcoc...
Geology of Mesopotamia and its Borderlands. London: Intelligence Div, Admiralty Naval Staff, May 1918
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A printed volume regarding the geology of Mesopotamia and the surrounding region. The volume was prepared on behalf of the Admiralty and printed by the Admiralty Naval Staff, Intelligence Department. The volume contains five maps and nine diagrams. The volume is divided up into the following ...
‘Fig. 1 Advance of the Euphrates-Tigris delta since early historic times (after maps of de Morgan)’
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Distinctive Features: Map of the Tigris-Euphrates Delta produced to illustrate the geology of Mesopotamia and surrounding region based on Jacques de Morgan’s research. Shows the advance of delta over the time with the Persian Gulf’s coast in time of Sennacherib B.C. by pecked line; the coastlin...
‘Fig. 6 The Former Extension of Lake Urmia (after de Morgan)’
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Distinctive Features: Map of the Lake Urmia produced to illustrate the geology of Mesopotamia and surrounding region based on Jacques de Morgan’s research. The extent of the Lake Urmia shore line during Pliocene shown by pecked line with the highest and lowest levels of the present lake indica...
