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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [175] (184/432)
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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KOUTE 25 b
175
Miles from
Baghdad
sandy mounds with a very brackish stream on r. A few
pools of very salt and quite undrinkable water. The route
from here to the point where it rejoins the river at
Qal'ah Sherghat is lacking in good water. The country
is desert. There is here no settled population, but
occasional encampments of Dilaim may be seen.
In autumn 1903 water reported 5 ft. below surface. Arabs
camped here in spring.
In autumn 1903 water was reported 4 ft, below surface.
In autumn 1903, it is reported, water-holes were found in
a nullah about 14 m. from Shereimiyeh at a locality called
Mnseltain. The water was 3 ft. below surface, and was
estimated to be sufficient for 5,000 camels a day. It may
be brackish.
Track approaches Jebel Hamrln creek, rather difficult for
wheels.
Eilalij, spring at foot of the Jebel Hamrln. The water is
scanty and brackish. This is perhaps the spring reported
by another traveller as being bitter with sulphur and
pitch. The quantity of water has been estimated at
50 gall. p.h.
The hills are here intersected with many nullahs, up and
down which the track winds. The ascent to the crest of
the range, which is here about 200 ft. high and 1 m.
wide, is easy. The track keeps along the crests of the
spurs.
The track crosses a valley (? the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Jahannam) at right
angles, and gradually ascends the Jebel Khanuqah by
a sandy track.
Jebel Khanuqah, summit of the range. The track is
difficult for wheels, and winds over occasional outcrops
of marble among low hills. From the summit it descends,
winding in and out of ravines.
'Ain Shababik. The track descends, winding through low
sandy mounds 60-100 ft. high.
Large mound, probably on the site of an ancient city.
Qal'ah Sherghat ruins on large close to the bank of the
Tigris. For description see Boute III E, m. 109.
Turkish post.
There is good camping-ground on sandy soil, with a fail-
but limited supply of water. There is some cultivation
in the neighbourhood of the
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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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