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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [158] (167/432)
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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158
LAND ROUTES
Miles from
Baghdad
1684-
171
171|
173i
176
179
Matareh village, to the r. of the road 4 m. off at thp frw
of a low line of hills. I00t
The Setal Dereh is crossed : a ravine 10 ft. wide and 5 ft
deep. Transverse track to villages on r. and 1. about
4 m. off.
Nullah 100 yds. wide, of shingle: banks cut up by small
ravines.
Nullah (Matareh Dereh. ?): 100 yds. wide: dry in
January 1903. Villages to the 1. on the plain.
Cross numerous stream-beds, usually dry.
Qara Ali, or Khor, Chai : 12 ft. wide, 2 ft. deep (January
1903), in a pebbly bed 60 yds. broad. This water
course comes from the direction of Leilan (ENE. see
alternative route under m. 164|), and near this point
turns S. to join the 'Adheim River (6-8 m. away) at the N.
end of the Hamrln 'Adheim marshes. The valley of the
Qara Ali Chai above this point apparently contains
a practicable route.
Taza Khurmatli on the r. bank of the Qara 'Ali Chai, near
a high mound about 100 ft. high. The place contains
about 100 houses. Good water and camping-ground.
The country round is marked by a number of tumuli.
The 'Adheim River, which from the N. end of the marshy
belt above mentioned is known under the name of the
Hasa Su, flows in a S. direction about 1 m. W. of the
village. There are some villages to the SW. of Taza
Khurmatli between the Hasa Su and the Qara 'Ali
Chai.
From Taza Khurmatli the road runs in a general NNE.
to NE. direction.
Hills at first lie close to road on the r.; then after f m.
through walled gardens and over water-cuts, some low
hills are crossed. The country is open but rather stony.
Cross the Hasa Su (almost dry in January 1908), in a bed
300 yds. wide of shingle and sand.
The Hasa Su (upper course of 'Adheim River) is formed
by a number of torrents in the hills NW. of Chemchemal,
and runs in a great curve to the W. to Kirkuk, whence
it takes a S. by W. direction till it becomes known as
the 'Adheim River below its junction with the Qara 'Ali
(see m. 176).
At this point the river leaves the last of its defiles (2 or
wmm*
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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)
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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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