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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [300] (309/432)
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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300
LAND EOUTES
El-Ajmiyeh, naur and watering-place. Track now over
rocky ground. The track for pack-animals apparently
keeps on cutting off river-bends, but it is possible to
descend to the river and follow its course.
QaVat Eafideh, to 1. on the r. bank of the Euphrates.
Mazar of Sultan 'Abdallah, a small modern shrine. Some
where near are the ruins of Jabariyeh.
Ealijeh mound. Arab graves.
Nammaleli Island to 1. Track now across high stony ground
cutting off a river-bend.
At about this point El-Qa'im is to 1. on the r. bank. After
some miles the track approaches the river, running
through tamarisk jungle, with traces of former cultiva
tion.
Rabat village, to 1. near the river, is passed. Some corn
cultivation.
Track then leaves the plain by a steep rocky path. Pass
the ruins of Ardhi or Irzl on a bluff overlooking the
river. Descend from bluff into plain. On the W. side
of the bluff is the lower end of the ancient Dawwarin
Canal, which apparently runs under the hills to r.
Werdi village, in the district of the same name. Irrigation
from canals by cherrads.
Abu Kemal lies on the opposite bank of the river.
Track now through tamarisk jungle full of ducks, pigeons,
and jays.
Tel Abu Hasan, prominent mound rising 50 ft. above
the river. Arab graves on the summit.
Other mounds are passed farther on.
Before m. lOlf track goes through some miles of loose
sand with occasional patches of tamarisk.
Corn cultivation along the low ground begins.
Track keeps to r. to avoid water-channels.
Numerous villages during the next few miles.
Bustan village.
Jemmah, mounds some distance from the river.
Tel Enseiyih, mound forming three sides of a hollow
square, the side towards the river being open. Tiyana
village about f m. distant, in a long tract of cultivation.
Tel el-Krali, low mound covered with tiles and coloured
pottery.
Pass some ancient foundations.
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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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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1:422, back-i
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