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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [161] (170/432)
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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ROUTE 25 a
161
Miles from
Baghdad
196
The nearer peak of Qarachok lies W. by N. from about
this point.
The road runs now NNW.
Cross ravine containing water, and post called
Khan en-Ueft. Road runs in a general N. by W.
direction to the pass over the inner ridge.
Cross summit of the inner ridge of the Jebel Gurgur;
very steep and pebbly ascent and descent for ^ m. each
side were reported in 1903. The track is 12 ft. wide.
This is the
watershed
The boundary between adjacent drainage basins.
between the Hasa Su and the
Lesser Zab. The plain of the Mayar Dereh can be over
looked as far as the Lesser Zab.
From the pass the following villages were observed in
1910 :—Kalwur, NE. by N., Daramau el-Aliyeh, ENE.,
Daraman es-Sifleh, E. by N. The road descends to
the plain in a general NNW. direction.
There appear to be a number of alternative tracks
from the pass to Altun Koprii. In the latest map
made of the route (1912) the main road is shown as
running through Ki Bibaneh and GokTepeh, and crossing
the Mayar Dereh about 2^ m. from Altun Koprli. It
does not exactly coincide with either of the routes
described below.
From the further side of Jebel Gurgur a track leads
NNE. to Eoi Sanjag, crossing Lesser Zab by a ford
(impassible in winter) at foot of range bounding the
Shuan country on W., and continuing over easy foothills,
below which water is found, to a pass from which Koi
Sanjag is visible.
Route (i)
The following account is taken from a report of 1910:—
Descend from pass to plain. In 40 min. Kalwur lies due N.
Kalwur village, ^ m. to r.
From this point Bibaueh Znghair (15 houses) is 1 m. N.
by E.
Bibaneh Zardak (20 houses) is about 3 m. NE. by N.
Blbaneh Eebir (60 houses) is about 4 m. NE. by E.
The road runs NW. by K T.L. now on 1.
In 1 hr. 35 min. from Kalwur a point is reached from
which the prominent mound of Gok Tepeh. is ^ m. to
N. Nebi Aweh (30 Kurdish houses) 1 m. W.S.W.
^es % iii
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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.
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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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- 'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917'
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