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IOR/L/MIL/17/15/53
- Record Id:
- 040-000799066
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 037-000799011
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000239.0x00016d
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100024015336.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/MIL/17/15/53
- Title:
- Report on the Development of Mesopotamia with Special Reference to the Regeneration of the River Systems
- Scope & Content:
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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;
- Reasons for the deterioration of the country since ancient times;
- Description of the Tigris and Euphrates as they appear today;
- Sir William Willcocks's Irrigation Projects;
- Suggestions for river regeneration;
- Agriculture in Mesopotamia;
- Navigation on the Tigris and Euphrates;
- Conclusions and recommendations.
The report is accompanied by seven illustrations consisting of photographs of the River Tigris at various points (folios 16-18); and five maps illustrating the courses, delta and country surrounding the Rivers Tigris and Euphrates, and proposed irrigation works (folios 20-24).
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000256868
036-000788810
037-000799011
038-000799053
040-000799066 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/MIL : Records of the Military Department
IOR/L/MIL/17 : Military Department Library
IOR/L/MIL/17/15 : Iran, Iraq, Persian Gulf
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/41-138 : Iraq
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/53 : Report on the Development of Mesopotamia with Special Reference to the Regeneration of the River Systems - Contains:
- IOR/L/MIL/17/15/53, p 33 : ‘The Tigris-Euphrates Delta Showing Proposed Irrigation Works’
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/53, p 35 : ‘Nasiriyah-Qurnah. Showing Communications, Waterways and Surrounding Country’
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/53, p 37 : ‘Map of portion of Tigris River, Qurhan-Qal’at Salih-Amarah Showing River and Road Communications. Field Surveys…
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/53, p 39 : ‘The Ancient Tigris-Euphrates Delta’
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/53, p 41 : ‘Cross Sections of the River Tigris between Baghdad and Basra’
Click here to View / search full list of parts of IOR/L/MIL/17/15/53 - Hierarchy:
- 032-000256868[0017]/036-000788810[0015]/037-000799011[0002]/038-000799053[0014]/040-000799066
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/MIL
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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1 volume (23 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000239.0x00016d
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1917
- End Date:
- 1917
- Date Range:
- 1917
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the front cover and terminates at 25 on the pocket attached to the back cover. The numbers are written in pencil, are enclosed in a circle, and appear in the top right hand corner of the recto page of each folio. Folios 20-24 (maps) are contained within the pocket (folio 25) and need to be folded out in order to be examined.
Pagination: the volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence, numbered 2-21 (folios 4-14).
- Administrative Context:
- Sir George Cunningham Buchanan was a civil engineer who advised the British military administration in Mesopotamia on shipping channels, administration, engineeering works and river conservancy.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)