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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [178] (187/432)
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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178
LAND EOUTES
Miles from
Baghdad
authority from which they are taken gives the time
between Shura and Hammam 'Ali (see m. 217|) as 7 hrs.
Another authority supports the distance given below
making it 13 m. between Shura and Hamniam Ali.
A nullah on the W. 30 ft. deep, but easily crossed at various
points, skirts the track.
Splendid grass in April. The ground here is under the
Dd'irat es-Samyeli.
Kuined village 2 m. to the W. The country is gently
undulating and easy, with good grazing.
The track descends from a plateau, with a stony and rocky
patch, for 100 yds. The ruins of Nimrud (see
III E, m. 159^) are 4 m. distant on the E. bank.
The road winds through rocky stony hills, passing a ruined
town.
It skirts some low hills 200 yds. to the W., and then runs
along the Tigris, crossing a stream in a ravine 30 yds.
wide.
Hammam 'Ali. (For description, see III E, m. 167^).
Good grazing.
Village among the hills about f m. to the W.
There is cultivation along the level.
The distances N. of Hammam Ali are uncertain: the
authority from which they are taken gives the time
between Hammam 'Ali and Mosul as 6^ hrs. Other
estimates make the time between these two places 4| or
5 hrs. Another authority makes the distance between
Hammam Ali and Mosul 16 m.
The track is good, running along the river bank for If m.
All this plain is under the
Lezadeh (Lazzaqeh ? see Route III E, m. 174-1) village and
khan. The track undulates over stony ground.
Small village to the E. The track runs along the bottom
of an open valley 500 yds. wide, rising, after ^ m., over
stony downs, with some rocky ravines running towards
the river.
An alternative easy track keeps close to the river.
Village on the E., with mud and brick fort commanding the
track as it ascends the hills from Mosul. It is 60 by
60 yds., with walls 20 ft. high, and two towers. The fort
is apparently the Qasr of Seramun mentioned in
III E, m. 180^.
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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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