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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [85] (94/432)
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 LESSER ZAB—EOUTE III F
85
Inter
mediate
distance
Miles
i
Left Bank
Long diagonal ledge, with 2 ft. of water, next 1. bank.
Channel by 1. bank. Ledge, with 18 in. of water, near the
centre of the channel.
Chair, 20 houses, 1 in. from river, in a small basin.
Beyond Chair the Gurgur Dagh rises gradually from the
plain.
Gurgur Su (or Mayar Dereh), a large stream, flows in
from SE.
In the eastern channel, about 100 yds. below the bridge,
an outcrop of conglomerate rock was reported as narrowing
the fairway to about 50 ft. in 1. w.: it would be broader in
a high river. The channel was reported deep, with a gentle
current. A toll used to be levied here on passing
The bridge over the E. channel is of brick and stone, and
has one high, pointed arch of about 60 ft. span, with three
minor arches at the side. The main arch gives 40 ft. clear
space underneath at 1. w.
Qara Beg (also called Muterbeh by raftsmen). Altun
Kopru is visible up to this point.
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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.
- 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.
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- '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
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