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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [296] (305/432)
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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296
Miles from
Baglidad
322i
323
327^
333i
334
341^
350f
351
353f
356
3724
LAND KOUTES
Deir ez-Zor. (For bridge over Euphrates, see p.128)
Two branches of the route leave Deir; one keeps u
on the plateau and is waterless, and the other in the vallev
They are never more than 3 m. apart. The T.L is
between them. They rejoin just before reaching 'Ain
Abu Jum'a spring. From Deir to where they rejoin is
11 m. by the valley road and 12 m. by the upper road
The valley road is about 20 ft. broad and ditched and
metalled for some 10 m. A traveller (1909) in a 40-h.p
Argyll car found no difficulty on this stretch of the
route.
Gully; bridge washed away (1907) by a torrent, i m.
a bridge of three
farther on is another gully with
arches, central arch 12 ft. high.
Eavine spanned by a single-arched bridge (26 ft. span).
It is 20 ft. from the keystone to the torrent bed. The
stone is brought from Ma'dan (two stages up-stream), and
is durable against water and harder than the local stone.
The road keeps to the valley, mostly over plains, grassy
in spring, where numbers of bullocks and camels
graze.
Single-arched stone bridge hereabouts (1909). Track then
proceeded across a muddy plain for 11 m., in the middle
of which were 3 m. of earthwork raised 12 ft., for a
chaussee, also two single-arched stone bridges.
Ain Abu Jum'a, small bituminous spring.
Shajarat Miriam spring.
Tureif, small saptieh post. Here the river banks are 25 ft.
sheer. No supplies, but grass in spring and fuel plenti
ful. Two deep gullies ; bridges washed away in 1907.
Three-arched stone bridge about here (1909).
Track passes close to Tibni village on the bank. Khan by
a
wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
crossed by single-arched stone bridge.
post on high ground. (One account gives 6 m. as distance
from Tureif.) Shortly after passing Tibni village road
keeps to high ground till it descends to the plain of
Ma'dan.
Road in 1907 made a digression W., skirting uneven
ground, approaching and following T.L.
Qishlaq Ma'dan.
The road on this stage is good, across a perfectly level plain.
Tamarisk shrubs appear and increase to trees.
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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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