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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [‎142] (151/432)

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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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LAND ROUTES
THE TIGEIS VALLEY WITH EEGION TO EAST
EOUTE 25 a
BAGHDAD—MOSUL (292^ m.)
Via Salahiyeh (Kufri), Kirkuk, and Erbil,
Authorities:—Military Report on E.T.A., vol. iii, 1904 (Report of 1903); Lorimer
Report of a Tour in Turkish Arabia A term used by the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to, but not coextensive with, modern-day Iraq under the control of the Ottoman Empire. and Koute
Report of 1910; Petermanns Mittheilungen, Erganzungsbd. x, 1875-6 (Cernik's
journey of 1873) ; and other sources of information.
This was the usual route followed by troops before the present
war. With some slight repairs and with some bridging it could be
made easily passable for transport and field-guns throughout. It
leads for the most part through fairly populous, well-cultivated, and
well-watered country, and a number of considerable towns. The
chief difficulties are to be found in the numerous irrigation cuts
between Baghdad and Delli 'Abbas (these are chiefly on the Western
Koute, see (ii) below), in some of the wadis and large torrent-beds
crossed between Salahiyeh and Kirkuk, and in the crossing of the
Great Zab.
From Baghdad to Delli 'Abbas there are two possible routes:
(i) an Eastern Route via Baqubeh, and (ii) a Western Eoute
Jedeideh and Khan Nahravvan. The Eastern Eoute appears to be
the better.
(i) The Eastern Route to Delli 'Abbas
As far as Baqubeh this is a caravan road easy for wheeled vehicles
except in rain. Beyond Baqubeh it was reported in 1910 to be fit
for guns, though only pack-animals were used on it: in this section
it was rough in places, where, however, it could be improved con
siderably by a little pick and shovel work: the soil is sandy and
going would be heavy after rain.

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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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