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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [171] (180/432)
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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Miles from
Baghdad
82
34
37
39
ROUTE 25 b 171
Ruins of Waneh on old bed of the Tigris about li m. to E.
of road.
R. bank of the Tigris, at Mansuriyeh ferry and near mouth
of Tarmiyeh canal, lies about 6^ m. to E.
Ruin heaps to left.
On W. side of railway-line, which apparently runs to left
of the track, are small irrigation-cuts belonging to the
Dujeil system (see Route III D, m. 81i), some of which
may still carry a little water in the h. w. season. W. of
these (? about 2 m. WNW. of this point on the route) is
the tomb of Sheikh Ibrahim.
Ruins of 'Akbareh. about 1 m. to E., on the old bed of the
Tigris, which above 'Akbareh makes a detour to E.
From here to Sumeikeh the route takes a general NNW.
direction. Several dry canal beds are crossed. The soil
here is sandy clay.
Two small canals with water in them in Feb. 1903. They
are about 15 ft. between the banks and 10 ft. deep ; the
water was 4 ft. wide and 2 ft. deep.
Old bed of the Tigris about 1 m. to r.
Sumeikeh. (or Dujeil) village, and date-groves watered by
the Dujeil Canal; about 2,000 inhabitants ; khan. Rail
way station. The village and neighbouring lands are the
property ofthe Ba'irafys-Samyeh Supplies fairly plentiful.
Water good and abundant; wells and canal.
Sumeikeh lies about 9 m. W. by N. of a point on the r. bank
of the Tigris opposite Sa'diyeh. The old bed of the Tigris
runs about 1 m. NW. of the village, outside the date-
groves.
From Sumeikeh the road takes a general NW. direction.
The railway apparently lies to right. The road runs
parallel to the course of the Dujeil (l-i m. to r.) and
the old Tigris bed (2^-1 m. to r.). Between the old
and present beds of the Tigris a space about 12-8 m. wide
is dotted with ruin-mounds and ruin-fields.
The country-side is fairly well cultivated.
Khazraj Arabs in this neighbourhood.
In the next 8 m. several canals are crossed, varying in
width from 10 to 40 ft. and in depth from 5 ft. to 20 ft.
below the level of the plain. Some of them contained
water in Feb. 1903. Almost all were traversed by palm-
tree bridges about 10 ft. wide.
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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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