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IOR/L/PS/20/C138/1
- Record Id:
- 040-000564578
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000564257
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000884.0x000173
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100157413766.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/20/C138/1
- Title:
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''A HANDBOOK OF MESOPOTAMIA VOLUME 1 GENERAL''
- Scope & Content:
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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.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000564257
037-000564506
040-000564578 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/20 : Political and Secret Department Library
IOR/L/PS/20/C : Political and Secret Department Library: 'C' Books
IOR/L/PS/20/C138/1 : A HANDBOOK OF MESOPOTAMIA VOLUME 1 GENERAL' - Contains:
- IOR/L/PS/20/C138/1, f 363 : Mesopotamia. Administrative Divisions & Chief Towns. Map 1.
IOR/L/PS/20/C138/1, f 364 : Mesopotamia. Racial Divisions. Map 2.
IOR/L/PS/20/C138/1, f 365 : Mesopotamia. Map 3.
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- 032-000538283[0020]/036-000564257[0003]/037-000564506[0055]/040-000564578
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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1 volume (367 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000884.0x000173
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- Languages:
- Arabic
Armenian
English
Kurdish
Persian
Syriac, Classical
Turkish, Ottoman - Scripts:
- Arabic
Latin - Start Date:
- 1916
- End Date:
- 1916
- Date Range:
- Aug 1916
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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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.
- Former External References:
- I.D.1118
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)