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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [151] (160/432)
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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EOUTE 25 a
151
Miles from
Baghdad
107
Cross the shingly bed (300 yds. wide) of the Kiifri Su
(or Chechepan). Little or no water except in flood.
Track turns E. (?) towards two large mounds, 1 m. away.
Track turns N. by E. again.
Teleshan on the other side of Kufri Su valley. Route
crosses some low hills ascending by easy gradients,
bearing due N. after 2-3 m.
Koad reaches the crest and continues over nearly level
ground for about 1^ m., when a gradual descent towards
Salahiyeh begins.
Cultivated plain. Several villages. In this region ruin
field of Eski Kufri.
Salahiyeh. (Kufri). For coal in neighbourhood, see p. 371.
On leaving Kufri, for the first 8 m. the Mosul road runs
WNW. about f m. from the foot of a quartz ridge
(Jebel Da'ud) to the r. The height of the ridge is
variously estimated at 100-150 ft., and at 500 ft. On
the 1. the ground falls gradually to the bottom of the
valley. To Tuz Khurmatli and for 5 m. beyond the
track is throughout commanded by long-range rifle-fire
from the J^bel Da'ud. Troops and transport could
march farther away from the hills, but would find the
ground softer and would have to close in on the usual
track at the wadis mentioned under m. 125 and m. 135.
From Kufri to a point 8 m. beyond Tuz Khurmatli the
route lies through a grassy undulating country, with
several streams and nullahs which usually have gently
sloping sides (but see under m. 135). About 4-5 m.
to the S. lies the N. edge of the Kufri Dagh, of which
this part seems to be known also by the name of Jebel
Koruk. The T.L. follows closely the 1. side of the
road. In spring there are numerous encampments of
Biyat Arabs in this region.
Mouth of gorge in the ridge to the r. This contains the
shingly bed of the Eioru Su. (200 yds. wide), which on
leaving the hills takes a SE. direction. It usually con
tains only a few pools of water. The 1. bank is gently
sloping and low, the r. higher and steeper.
Village of 100 mud-walled houses 3 m. to the 1. (lower
down the course of the Koru Su ?). The line of hills on
the r. approaches to within 200 yds. of the road.
Beaten track, leading N. into the hills, crosses the road
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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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