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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [162] (171/432)
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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162
LAND KOUTES
Miles from
Baghdad
208i
209^
210i
211^
211f
213
199i
201
203-|
204
206
208
209
211
215
In the country through which the road now passes
are a number of villages inhabited by Sawalih (or
Salihi) Kurds. There are said to be about 30 villam
of this tribe in all.
The road crosses a small clear stream in a shingly bed
called by the Turks Injesui and by the Kurds Galal (so
reported in 1910. This may be the stream marked on
maps as Mayar Dereh).
Eoad crosses two small canals spanned by small bridges.
Kitkeh village about 2 m. to SW.
Broad depression followed by a stony ascent.
Koad crosses a small dry shingly ravine called Qara Chai
in Turkish and Wlshkakhan in Kurdish.
From this point the whole way to Altun Kopru is down
hill.
Altxui Koprti town.
Route (ii)
The following account of another track is taken from
a report of 1903 :—
Foot of the hills. Open cultivated plain extending about
10 m. in all directions and up to Altun Koprii.
Five or six small villages in the plain to the r.
The road turns to the 1. from the foot of the pass and
runs parallel to the hills at a distance of about 2 m.
Track level and good, through cultivation.
Small stream of good water to r. Small copse.
Pass small village on 1. ^m. off. Several villages to r.
2-3 m. off.
Kares with good drinking water on either side of the road.
Copse on r. T.L. parallel to the road on the 1. (?).
Mound 100 ft. high to r. (This is possibly to be identified
with the mound called Gok Tepeh by a 1910 authority.)
Some copses about -J m. from the road. Small village
2 m. off to 1. Cultivation on both sides of the road.
Hills 4 m. to 1.
Cross small stream. Copse on r. Country undulating.
Pass two streams on r. near road, the larger indicated by a
line of trees along its banks.
Over stony downs to Altun Koprii. T.L. 1,000 yds. to 1.
Altun Koprii (bridge).
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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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