!['Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [‎258] (267/432)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100023045519.0x000001/IOR_L_MIL_17_15_41_4_0267.jp2/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg "'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [‎258] (267/432)")
'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [258] (267/432)
The record is made up of 1 volume (214 folios). It was created in 1917. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
Transcription
This transcription is created automatically. It may contain errors.
258
LAND ROUTES
Miles from
Baniyeli
o
6
7|?
10i
12
131
Raniyeh. Eoute starts in general direction ESE., crosses
stream from a spring and makes across the plain for the
Derbend gap. There is no road but several tracks across
fields of rice and barley : very muddy in wet weather.
Pass Boksin, small village of Eaya Kurds, | m. to r.
Kuragu village, similar to above, close by on r.
In about ten minutes T.L. (single wire) from Koi Sanjaq to
Qal'ah Dlzeh crosses the road. Spring about 1 m. away
to SW.
Cross a small stream : path very stony.
Route here rounds a spur and enters Eaba Derbend, defile
by which the Lesser Zab issues from Pishder into Eaniyeh
Plain. A narrow rocky ridge extends NW. to the Qandil
Bagh, and a similar ridge to the Kerkur Dagh. The
gap is 300 yds. broad ; the river being 80 yds. wide, 6 to
8 ft. deep, and unfordable. There is no track on 1. bank
of Lesser Zab into Pishder. On the r. bank is a track,
18 ft. wide, well revetted, but loose stones and boulders
require to be removed to make it passable for guns.
Berbend, Kurdish (Mangur) village of 40 houses.
Track rough and stony among boulders through rocky
defile, close along r. bank of the river.
Ford the Shirnshi Chai from the Qandil Dagh, 25 yds.
wide, 2 ft. deep, in a shingly bed 150 yds. wide.
In about 10 minutes pass Komallah, village of Mangur
Kurds J m. to 1. Turn SE. and follow river, which has
steep cliffs along its far bank. On this side is a shingly
bed about ^ m. wide, and then a stretch of marsh of about
a quarter mile. In spring the river fills this wide
bed. On the 1. is a succession of low spurs, terminating
in the banks under which the road runs. Between these
are gullies down which streams flow to join the Zab.
The valleys are marshy, which makes the streams difficult
to ford although they are not deep, but in spring it would
be necessary to ford higher up.
Kharaju, small Mangur village under the bank.
Cross a small stream in a wide bed of stone and shingle.
Eiujari, another small Mangur village under the bank.
Turn 1.
Ford the Sharvat Sn, a network of streams and marsh
overgrown with willows, reeds, and brambles. Difficult
and intricate ford for which a guide is advisable.
About this item
- Content
This volume is A Handbook of Mesopotamia, Volume III, Central Mesopotamia with Sourthern Kurdistan and the Syrian Desert (Admiralty War Staff Intelligence Division, January, 1917), covering the Tigris and Euphrates from Baghdad and Fellūjeh [Fallujah] to Mosul and Meskeneh [Maskanah], the Lesser Zāb, the country east of the Tigris towards the Persian frontier, and the routes running westward from the Euphrates valley across the Syrian Desert. The volume was prepared on behalf of the Admiralty and War Office, and appears to be based on official and unofficial publications and maps which are cited in a bibliographical section in the volume. This volume was supplemented with corrections and additions in June 1918 (see IOR/L/MIL/17/15/41/5).
The volume includes a note on confidentiality, a title page, 'Note', 'Abbreviations'. There is a page of 'Contents' which includes the following sections:
- Introduction;
- River Routes (The Tigris and the Lesser Zāb, The Euphrates);
- Land Routes (The Tigris Valley with Region to East, The Euphrates Valley, Connexions between Tigris and Euphrates Valleys, The Syrian Desert);
- Gazetteer of Towns;
- Bibliographical Note;
- Transliteration of Names;
- Glossary;
- Appendix;
- Index;
- 'Sketch Map of Routes', which includes 'City Map of Baghdad' (f. 212) and 'Mesopotamia: Outline Map Showing Routes, Volume III' contained in a pocket.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (214 folios)
- Arrangement
This volume is arranged according to numbered routes. There is a page of contents and an alphabetical index. There are two maps housed in a pocket.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover and terminates at the inside back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio (except for the front cover, where the folio number is located on the verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. ).
Pagination: The volume also has an original printed pagination sequence.
- Written in
- English in Latin script View the complete information for this record
Use and share this item
- Share this item
'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [258] (267/432), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/MIL/17/15/41/4, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023493070.0x000044> [accessed 23 June 2026]
https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023493070.0x000044
Copy and paste the code below into your web page where you would like to embed the image.
<meta charset="utf-8"><a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023493070.0x000044">'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [‎258] (267/432)</a> <a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023493070.0x000044"> <img src="https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100023045519.0x000001/IOR_L_MIL_17_15_41_4_0267.jp2/full/!280,240/0/default.jpg" alt="" /> </a>
This record has a IIIF manifest available as follows. If you have a compatible viewer you can drag the icon to load it.https://www.qdl.qa/en/iiif/81055/vdc_100023045519.0x000001/manifestOpen in Universal viewerOpen in Mirador viewerMore options for embedding images
Copyright: How to use this content
- Reference
- IOR/L/MIL/17/15/41/4
- Title
- 'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1:422, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence