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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [307] (316/432)
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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EOUTE 48
307
Goreineli. Level ground, pebbly.
Abu Kiiimaneli. Eoute now crosses level ground on which
is a well of good drinkable water.
Abu Jumaa. Part of the way between this point and
Oneizeh lies over undulating ground, which would not
hinder a carriage from travelling quickly.
Oneizeh. Track runs over a level pebbly plain extending
as far as Tahali (63^ hrs. below).
Qasr el-Jar in.
Et-Tawil. Between this point and Rukheimi is a well of
good water.
Ruklieimi.
Has
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
el-Idi.
Has
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Tawareh.
Athmed.
Helwat. According to the account (A) of a motor-journey
from Anah to Baghdad there are wells with fair water here.
El-Had, Well, good water.
El-Joreishi.
Kebir Faraj.
XTmm er-Rus.
Mughaireh.
Gulayeb Zaid.
Anazi,
Tahali. Between this point and El-Mugayer, hard red
ground.
El-Mugayer or Has 'Aqarquf. The route now crosses
undulations, over which carriages must travel at a slow
pace. The country is liable to floods from the lakes
at El-Mugayer. Several wells containing good water are
found on this part of the route.
Huweis. Route now traverses level plain of pebbles mixed
with hard red earth.
Ed -Deir. Route crosses level pebbly plain to
Steih. From here undulating track : ground liable to be
flooded from the Tigris in the high-water season.
Sarrakheh. Nature of track and ground as above.
Eazimain. Made earth road along tramway to
Baghdad.
u 2
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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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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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