'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. II. 1917' [145] (154/542)
The record is made up of 1 volume (269 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. .
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THE EUPHRATES—EOUTE IV B
145
Inter
mediate
distance
Miles
2
H
H
12
6
4
Left Bank
Duraji (or Qalat Duraj) : a small village. T. (The
Gazetteer estimates the distance from Nasirlyeh to this place
as 50 m. by river.)
Track leading NE. to Shatret el-Muntefiq or Shatreh.
(See Route 19 a, under m. 37.)
This village marks the western boundary of the territory of
the Muntefiq on both banks of the river; it is also the first
place of importance within the Baghdad Vilayet
About 11 m. 1^, of Duraji, on the end of an old canal
which branches S. from the Shatt el-Khar, lies the ruins of
Warka, the ancient Babylonian city of Erech, the capital
of Nimrod. The remains are more "extensive than those of
any other Babylonian city, and cover an area of about 5 m,
by 8 m. They consist of a number of mounds, many of
them still partly faced with burnt brick; the largest of these
mounds (Tel Buweriyeh) lies to the E.; from the top of it
there is a wide view including Tel Sauqareh. to the E.
(12^ m.) and the palms of Duraji to the S.
The old canal-bed apparently connects with Shatt el-
Khar at a place called Mellaheh.
Ruins.
Jabbar's village.
Mouths of two creeks on concave side of river-bend.
Jabr esh-Shihan. T .L. again runs on 1. bank.
Two or three villages between here and El-Khidhr.
Willows along river bank.
El-IOiidhr. A village of about 100 mud houses; the
inhabitants are cultivators, boatmen, and traders, and are
mostly A1 Bu Muhsin. For Perry, see opposite.
Samaweh lies WNW. of El-Khidhr.
El-'Othman village.
Above this point date plantations of Samaweh begin.
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This volume is A Handbook of Mesopotamia, Volume II, Irak, The Lower Kārūn, and Luristan (Admiralty War Staff Intelligence Division, May, 1917), covering the regions of the Shatt el-‘Arab [Shaṭṭ al-‘Arab], Kārūn, Luristan, and the Tigris and Euphrates up to Baghdad and Fellūjeh [Fallūjah]. 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.
The volume includes a note on confidentiality, a title page, 'Note', 'Abbreviations'. There is a 'Contents' which include the following sections:
- Introduction;
- River Routes (Shatt el-‘Arab, The Kārūn, The Tigris, The Euphrates, The Shatt el-Hai);
- Land Routes (The Region of the Shatt el-‘Arab, The Tigris Valley, The Region of the Lower Kārūn River of Luristan, The Euphrates Valley, Connexions between the Tigris and Euphrates Valley, The Arabian Desert);
- Railways;
- Gazetteer of Towns;
- Bibliographical Note and List of Maps;
- Transliteration of Names;
- Glossary;
- Appendices (A: Notes on Weather on the Tigris, B: The Control of the Tigris Water, C: The Control of the Euphrates Water, D: Oil-Fields of the Mesopotamia and Persian Frontier, E: Note on Mules);
- Index;
- Plates;
- Maps.
The volume includes eight plates that illustrate the volume. There are also three maps:
- 'Baghdad';
- 'City Map of Baghdad';
- 'Mesopotamia: Outline Map Showing Routes'.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (269 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume is arranged accourding to numbered routes. There is a table of contents at the front of the volume and an alphabetical index at the back. There is also a list of plates and two maps are house in a pocket and one is a foldout.
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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 The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of the folio.
Pagination: The volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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