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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [264] (273/432)
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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264
Miles from
ErMl
39|
U
46?
46|
, with a few
Cross two
LAND ROUTES
before Tatawwul) with broad stony channel and some
rocks.
Tatawwul, a few houses in a ravine 1 m. to 1
trees and gardens watered by a spring,
shallow ravines with stony channels.
The times given in brackets below are reckoned from
Tatawwul.
Cross a stream (25 min.). Very rough country, full of
ravines, to r.
Round a flat-topped spur from the 1. (35 min.). In October
1902 some Gardi Kurds who had left their summer
quarters in the Qandll Dagh had arrived here with their
flocks for the winter.
Cross small ravines ; track still rough and stony, gradually
descending (45 min.).
Cross a stream (1 hr. 10 min.). Topzawa, 20 houses, | m.
to 1., near a spring.
A strong stream, with Shileh. and gardens and orchards
about 1 m. to r. Ridge ends here. Koi Sanjaq visible
in a well-cultivated basin.
Skirt base of a mound overlooking the town. On it is a
square masonry fort, 200 yds. side, with round bastions
at the corners. It is half ruined, but was used as an
infantry barracks in 1902.
Koi Sanjaq. The total mileage of the route (taken from
Mil Report) may be 6 or 7 miles too long.
EOUTE 43 a
ERBIL—ROWANDUZ (? 60 m.)
Via Shakhlawa and Batas
Authority : —Loririier, Report of a Tour in April-May
1910. Distances estimated from Lorimer's times : see m. 26 and m. 891.
This road does not seem to be passable for wheels. There are,
however, no serious obstacles, and baggage animals have not much
difficulty except in the stage from Batas to Rowanduz.
Supplies are fairly plentiful, especially at Shakhlawa, and the
Kurds met with appeared to be hospitable. Water is good and
plentiful everywhere, and as soon as the hills are entered there is
abundance of fuel and timber.
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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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- 'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917'
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