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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [‎73] (82/432)

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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 TIGRIS—KOUTE HIE
Left Bank
into by a deep trench, rising 110 ft. above the plain and
about 70 ft. above the plateau. The mound is the ruin of
a great tower of unburnt brick faced with stone. It was
built by Assur-bani-pal. There are other mounds at the
SW. and SE. corners of the plateau, the most noticeable
being that at the SE. Besides the trenches dug by exca
vators several deep indentations mark the sides of the
hill. These indicate the position of ascents or stairways.
The largest of these is on the western side of the hill, about
70 yds. S. of the cone-shaped mound. It is about 20 to
30 yds. broad, and runs for about 160 yds. into the plateau.
Other indentations occur in the centre of the southern face
of the plateau and in the eastern side. The ground to the
and KE. of the hill is covered with ruin-mounds.
In preference to Asshur (see m. 109 above) Calah was
chosen for the centre of the Assyrian Empire by kings who
were engaged in war to the N. and NE. and in Northern
Mesopotamia and Northern Syria, Eventually its place was
taken by Nineveh T 20 m. to the N.
Uneifeh (50 houses of Juheish). Kaft-ferry across Tigris.
The bank is here low, shelving, and grassy, and rafts bringing
visitors to Nimrud from Mosul usually touch here.

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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.
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1 volume (214 folios)
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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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