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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [253] (262/432)
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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KOUTES 39, 40
253
EOUTE 40
ALTUN KOPEU—BANIYEH (66^ m.)
Via Valley of the Lessee Zab
Authority: — Military Beport onE.T.A., vol. iii, Route 108 (report of October 1892).
To Taktak, 82 m., this is a good route, passable for wheels,
although difficult at some places. To Koi Sanjaq the route appears
Soil to have been passable for artillery except in a few places where
levelling and widening were needed. The soil is clay or gravel.
From Koi Sanjaq to Eaniyeh the track in 1892 was rough, stony,
,, and steep in places, but was apparently considered passable for guns.
The chief obstacle is the Khudran Eiver (m. 55), but this seems
;o easily fordable.
I), At Taktak, Koi Sanjaq, and Kaniyeh there are supplies to be had.
js Open space suitable for camping is found near Taktak and Koi
in Sanjaq, and in the valley of the Khudran (m. 54). The plain
should be avoided as a camping-ground owing to malaria : the border
hills are healthy. Good water from Khudran River and springs. Fuel
ol from hills. Wheat and rice are grown round Eaniyeh. Fine grass
te in May and June.
Miles from
Altun
Koprii
o
32
Altun Kbprii. A good route, passable for wheels, although
difficult at some places, follows the r. bank of the Zab to
Taktak (32 m.).
There is no information as to details of the route as far as
Taktak. . For villages on the Zab see III F.
Taktak, Kurd village of 30 houses, on the r. bank of the
Lesser Zab, the channel of which in October is here
110 yds. wide, 4 to 5 ft. deep. The river bed is here
shingle, and 300 to 400 yds. wide. The river is fordable
at several points. Taktak is the head of raft navigation
at ordinary l.w. season. For steamer navigation on the
Lesser Zab see Eouie III F. A trade in tobacco is
carried on with Baghdad, large rafts being used for trans
port. Wheat, wool, and pomegranate skins for dyeing
are also among the cargoes. On the r. bank there is an
open place suitable for camping. On the 1. bank 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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