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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [227] (236/432)
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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EOUTE 34 a
227
Miles from
Sala-
hiyeli
664
67i
69i
70i
70|
72i
73
Alt. 2,780 ft. Cross small stream, 13 min. after passing
Dolan. It flows to the Diyaleh. Over a ridge and
descend into another valley running W.
(This is said to be the
watershed
The boundary between adjacent drainage basins.
between the Aq Su and
the Diyaleh ; but the map(W. O., sheet 36) does not bear
this out.)
Kice-fields.
At 41 min. after passing Dolan, alt. 2,750 ft. Numerous
small springs. Follow a 20 ft. gravelly track up a grassy
valley ^ m. wide. Few trees here.
At 1 hr. 13 min. after passing Dolan, cross low spur. Alt.
2,960 ft.
Valley narrows towards summit of ridge. Easy gradient.
Alt. 3,460 ft.
Descend broad track following spur with ravine on either
side. A few zigzags would make this easy for
guns.
Rish Olan at foot of the slope 1 m. to NE. This place
is given as 1 hr. 48 min. after passing Dolan. In
1888 the village consisted of 40 flat-roofed mud huts
surrounded by a few trees, orchards, and cultivation.
In spring the grass grows thick on the roofs of the
houses, so that a village is scarcely distinguishable from
the plain around.
Along broad clay track in a well-wooded valley, 3-4 m.
wide, cultivated with barley and wheat. Then by narrow
track through orchards and hedgerows to
Temar (see Iioufe 34 b, m. 22), 30 min. after passing
Kish Olan.
Across valley through wheat-fields, and then over several
low spurs, beginning ascent of Gilzerda Dagh. Good
track over gravel and clay.
At 10 min. from Temar, several ravines with springs.
Track narrow in places, the soil being washed away by
the rains. The lower spurs of the Gilzerda Dagh are
covered with brushwood. Steep ascents and descents
among ravines.
At 32 min. from Temar, gradual ascent of Gilzerda Dagh by
a 20 ft. gravelly track up the side of a spur. Skirt deep
valley 400 yds. to r. The slopes are rounded, with some
rock at intervals. Alt. about here 3,050 ft.
p 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.
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- 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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