Hard-coded id of currently selected item: . JSON version of its record is available from Blacklight on e.g. ??

Metadata associated with selected item should appear here...

IOR/L/MIL/17/15/41/2

Record Id:

041-002757392

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

037-000799011

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100023043183.0x000001

LARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100023472652.0x000002

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

IOR/L/MIL/17/15/41/2

Title:

Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. I. 1918'

Scope & Content:

This volume is A Handbook of Mesopotamia, Volume I, General (Naval Staff, Intelligence Department: November 1918). This is an updated and expanded edition of A Handbook of Mesopotamia, Volume I, General (Admiralty War Staff, Intelligence Department: August 1916) (IOR/L/MIL17/15/41/1). This is an introductory volume containing matter of a general nature giving an account of conditions in Mesopotamia, for the most part as they were before the First World War.

The volume includes a note on official use, a title page and ''Note''. There is a page of ''Contents'' that includes the following chapters and sections:

Chapter 1: Boundaries and Physical Features;
Chapter 2: Climate;
Chapter 3: Minerals;
Chapter 4: Fauna and Flora;
Chapter 5: Hygiene;
Chapter 6: History;
Chapter 7: Inhabitants;
Chapter 8: Religions;
Chapter 9: Administration;
Chapter 10: Irrigation of Irak Iraq;
Chapter 11: Agriculture and Land Tenure;
Chapter 12: Commerce and Industry;
Chapter 13: Currency, Weights, and Measures;
Chapter 14: Communications and Transport;
Vocabularies;
Index.

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
040-000799054
041-002757392

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/17/15/41 : A Handbook of Mesopotamia

IOR/L/MIL/17/15/41/2 : Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. I. 1918'

Hierarchy:

032-000256868[0017]/036-000788810[0015]/037-000799011[0002]/038-000799053[0001]/040-000799054[0006]/041-002757392

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/MIL

Record Type (Level):

Item

Extent:

1 volume (282 folios)

Digitised Content:

https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023043183.0x000001

Thumbnail:

Languages:

Arabic
Armenian
English
Kurdish
Persian
Syriac, Classical
Turkish

Scripts:

Arabic
Latin

Start Date:

1918

End Date:

1918

Date Range:

1918

Era:

Access:

Please request the physical items you need using the online collection item request form.

Digitised items can be viewed online by clicking the thumbnail image or digitised content link.

Readers who have registered or renewed their pass since 21 March 2024 can request physical items prior to visiting the Library by completing
this request form.
Please enter the Reference (shelfmark) above on the request form.

If your Reader Pass was issued before this date, you will need to visit the Library in London or Yorkshire to renew it before you can request items online. All manuscripts and archives must be consulted at the Library in London.

This catalogue record may describe a collection of items which cannot all be requested together. Please use the hierarchy viewer to navigate to individual items. Some items may be in use or restricted for other reasons. If you would like to check the availability, contact our Reference Services team, quoting the Reference (shelfmark) above.

User Conditions:

Physical Characteristics:

Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the first folio and terminates at the last folio; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto of the folio.

Pagination: The volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.

Former External References: