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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [299] (308/432)
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 46, 47 299
KOUTE 47
ANAH—MESKENEH (296 m.)
Via the Left Bank or the Euphrates
Authorities :—Miss G-. Bell, journey of 1908 ; E. Sachau, 1879 ; Hinrichs, 1911.
This route has been little used, the caravan route by the r. bank
being that regularly followed. There is no traffic whatever as far as
Buseireh, and very little from Buseireh to Eaqqah ; but no serious
difficulties for pack-animals are encountered, and as a rule it is
possible either to follow the river or to strike across the river-bends,
sometimes over the desert plateau. The neighbourhood of the
mouth of the Belikh is marshy. The Khabur River is unfordable
and there is at present no adequate ferry.
Beyond Eaqqah there is a caravan-road, apparently little used, to
the ferry at Meskeneh, but no evidence is available as to its
condition.
Water is always to be had from the river. On the first part of
the journey, where there is irrigated cultivation, it is possible to
water animals at the water-wheels. Beyond Raqqah there appears
to be very little cultivation, and watering-places would have to be
constructed.
The country is thinly populated, and no supplies are to be obtained
except at Deir and Eaqqah, and even there only for small parties.
Pasture is good along the river in summer, and various tribes of
nomads are to be met with at that season. (See Introduction to
Routes IV E-H.) Transport animals might be procured from them.
There are large areas at different parts of the route covered with
tamarisk and thorn, which may be used for firewood except in spring.
A good many of the distances given below must be regarded as
uncertain.
Compare Euphrates, Routes IV G, H, throughout.
Miles from
Anah
0
Anah. Cross the Euphrates by ferry to the 1. bank. Pass
through Rawa. Palm-groves and fruit-gardens.
Kerableh Island to 1.
Eu-Nntareh, naur where animals can be watered.
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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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- 'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917'
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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