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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [203] (212/432)
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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156
KOUTE 28 b
203
a stony, rough ascent for 400 yds. through trees. The
track is rough and occasionally much obstructed by large
stones and (at m. 145|) by a rough, steep ascent under
overhanging trees.
Summit of col is reached and road proceeds along ridge by
abroad track. Soil is rich and grows good grass. Track
is broad and well defined through forest and the going is
easy. The head of the Cliillav Valley is passed. Track
descends from the head of the col into it and then turns
north again and emerges into
A small grassy basin shut in between hills. This place,
Charmilleh camp, is sometimes used by the nomads as
a camping-ground. Supplies, especially live stock, might
be obtained from the nomads.
A road runs through the Chiliav Valley from CHlan, and another
branches off here to Harunabad through Guar.
Through the valley also passes a route from Ser-i-Pul (i-zuhab) to
Deh Bala. See Eoutes in Persia, vol. iii, 97.
The route now goes in a general N. direction to Tirau camp.
Begin the ascent of the Kalaja Kuh, a lofty rocky ridge
separating the road from the Harunabad district. Track
rough at times: it could be improved by clearing loose
stones. Steep stretch for 300 yds. at m. 160. Ascent
thence to summit more gradual and consisting of several
mule-paths running between large stones ; along the side
a stony ravine : dwarf oaks, &c., on hill-side.
Summit of Derbend-i-Kalaja Pass. This is the highest
point on the route. The crest of the ridge, a rounded
summit, lies 1,000 ft. higher to the right. The descent of
the northern slope of the range is much steeper and
occasionally rough, but becomes easier towards the end.
Foot of the range is reached and the route strikes across the
Guar Valley, which extends for some 20 to 25 miles. It
averages 3 to 4 m. in width and is covered with abundance
of fine grass and watered by numerous small springs and
streams from the foot of the border ranges. Stream in
the centre of the valley 12 ft. wide and 8 inches deep w r ith
sloping earth-banks, flowing over a gravelly bottom.
Defile of the Tang-i-Juimerk, 300 yds. broad, is entered, in
the range bordering the valley on the N, Koad is a level
and much used track : rocky shelving slopes on either
hand ; no difficulties except from stoniness of road.
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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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