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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [21] (30/432)
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. .
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THE TIGEIS—ROUTE HID
21
distance varies from about 15 to about 20 m., with one noticeable
ridge near the river between Husai tract (m. 49) and Qubbat Shawali
(m. 60). This plain contains at its S. end the large lake-area known
as 'Aqarquf, extending from a point about 5 m. W. of Kazimain in
a NNW. direction for about 11 m. with an average width of about
m. The plain is much cut up by canals, generally dry, or, as in
the case of the upper reaches of the Dujeil, carrying some water in
the flood season. These canals are specially numerous N. of the
Tarmlyeh (m. 38i-): here are the numerous branches of the Dujeil,
and an old bed of the Tigris running in a general NW. and SE.
direction. The ground is covered with large and small ruin-mounds
marking the site of ancient settlements. Cultivation occurs in
patches where canals still carry water for part of the year. In wet
weather the going is very heavy, but in the dry season the plain is
said to be passable almost everywhere for wheeled traffic, though the
canal-beds would at times compel vehicles to make detours. Across
the plain runs the route from Baghdad to Samarra and Mosul,
traversed by the Samarra—Baghdad pilgrim wagons, and accom
panied by the line of the Baghdad—Samarra railway. For further
details with regard to the country see notes on the above-mentioned
route (25 b).
From the 1. bank of the river, as far as the neighbourhood of
Sindiyeh (above which the up-stream course begins to take a general
NW. direction towards the 'Adheim), a flat alluvial plain stretches
towards the Diyaleh river (distant 11-16 m.). In the neighbourhood
of Baghdad the plain is liable to inundation during the spring floods.
For the swamps of Eeshldiyeh and Jedeideh see under m. 19f. This
country between the Tigris and the Diyaleh is still more intersected
by canals than the plain on the opposite bank, and a far greater
proportion of the cuts on this side carry water, for most of them
belong to the system of the Nahr Khalis, which brings the water
of the Diyaleh from the neighbourhood of Mansuriyeh (see m. 38^).
The Khalis, near Deltaweh, divides into two principal branches,
a westerly, the Muradlyeh, and an easterly, the Tahwlleh, which
flow in a general southerly direction to the neighbourhood of
Baghdad. But the Khalis and its two great arms also throw off
a multitude of smaller irrigation-cuts which are interlaced by cross-
cuttings. The whole system waters large areas of wheat and barley
and supports a large number of villages between the Tigris and the
Diyaleh. Across the plain run the Baghdad—Salahiyeh—Mosul
route, throwing off a branch to Samarra near Deltaweh, and the
Baghdad Baqubeh route. For further details with regard to the
country see notes on these routes (25 a, 31),
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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.
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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.
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