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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [‎120] (129/432)

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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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120
EIVEK EOUTES
150 yds. wide the current 2 m.p.h., and the average depth
1Jtt. (Jan.-Feb. 1903).
The hills now draw away from the river and do not
approach it again on this side till near Salahiyeh (m. 127).
Jeraseh I., small, Qasr el-Qa'im, ruined tower.
Imam Sheikh Jabir tomb.
'Anqah ruins, surrounded by mud-brick wall.
Rummaniyeh I., close to r. bank.
Abu Faraj I.
Abu Eemal. Pop. about 500 ; 80 houses. Police post.
Residence of Kaimmakam. Ferry.
.A.bu Kemal is a small modern village on high ground 1 m.
back from the river. The ground is low and marshy towards
the liyei ; farther W. it is fairly dry and even pebbly. It is
the chief town of a lidzciof the same name. There is a small
bazaar and fairly good khan. The village has been moved
since 1896 from its old site down by the water. The
old village was in danger of being destroyed, as the river was
cutting a new bed on the W. bank. The new village is 1 m.
ft om the old, and has broad streets at right angles, with stone
instead of mud buildings. To the S^V. (a few miles off) are
three low peaks called Thelatheh, a landmark. Also to SE
El-Qa 'im is visible.
The Kdsa*of Abu Kemal had in 1890 a population of
about 15,000, practically all Sunnis. Within the last few
years some Ohnstians have come here chiefly from Peir ez-
Zor and Mosul. The place is regarded as the centre of the
country of the Ugeydat Arabs. The areas under cultivation
produced an annual yield of nearly 5,000 tons of maize
Total
distance
Miles
72
72i
74
75
751
77
79
80
811
88

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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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