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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [163] (172/432)
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
163
Miles from
Baghdad
2141
215
216|
2171
218
(Mileage continued from Route i, above.)
The Baghdad—Mosul road leaves Altun Kopru in a NNW.
direction up the valley of the Injesui, a tributary of the
Lesser Zab. This valley contains corn-land, and is
enclosed on either side by low hills, which form a
semicircle to the front. Those 1. of the road rise about
500 ft. above the road ; those to r. are lower.
Pass a copse (1903) on 1. of road. General character of
country to Qush Tepeh is open, fairly well cultivated,
undulating to hilly. Road is stony but easy.
Apparently in this neighbourhood the line of the semi
circle of hills which close in on the river is reached.
Direct Mosul road avoiding Erbil turns 1. (So Report
on Route, 1910: W.O. Map, following a description
of 1873, marks this route as diverging about 4 m.
farther on.) It is described as an easy route through
fairly well-populated country: water from wells and
streams. For Zab ferry at Quweir see p. 69.
The track to Makhmur and Qal'ah Sherghat (see 27)
is marked on map as diverging to the 1. about 1J m.
farther on : but further information on this point should
be obtained.
In this neighbourhood a bend of the Injesui is apparently
crossed (28 mins. ride from Altun Koprii): another
bend is crossed 4 mins. later, and a third touched
3 mins. after the second. * In April 1910 there were
only a few inches of water in the stream.
Apparently there is an alternative track over the downs
to r. not far from the river: it crosses the bed of the
Iliujak Chai, a tributary of the Injesui (20 ft. wide,
1 ft. deep in February 1903).
Direct Mosul road about ^ m. 1. (?). Near it is the hamlet
of Makhsumeh. (12 Kurdish houses). Between the two
roads is a mill.
Open undulating country. T.L. (two wires) crosses from
1. to r. of the road.
Descent into hollow ; bend of Injesui is touched. (In this
neighbourhood is the Birinji Chai, a mountain torrent
entering the Injesui on 1. bank. There were 90 yds. of
shingle and about 2 ft. of water in pools in February
1903.)
h 2
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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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