'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [308] (317/432)
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308
LAND KOUTES
KOUTE 49 a
MOSUL—DEIR EZ-ZOR (191 m.)
Via c Ain el-Ghazal
Authorities : — Routes in Arabia, Route 191, report of 1914;
Route 28, report of 1903 ; Sarre and Herzfeld, Euphrat-
unci Tigris-Gehiet, journey of 1907-8;, E. Sachau,
journey of 1880; Sykes, The Caliph's journey of 1906; recent
unpublished information.
This route is fit for wheeled traffic the whole way. Going is heavy
after rain. Water is plentiful at each of the camping-grounds, but
none between stages during the dry season, which renders the route
impracticable for infantry. There are practically no supplies except
at Deir ez-Zor. The Yezidis of the Sinjar have made this route
unsafe in parts since the outbreak of the war.
Miles from
Mosul
0 Mosul.
From Mosul to Tel A'far there are two possible routes,
(i) Northern Route.
This is passable for wheeled traffic.
The track leads over flat or undulating country and then
rises over spurs of the low hills W. of Mosul, crossing
a number of small ravines.
Hnmeidat village about 1-| m. N. of the road. The ridge
behind it runs close to the r. bank of the Tigris.
Route crosses
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Badosh, with some cultivation along
its banks.
Khan Lnbgilieh. ? (see note under m. 39). Route crosses
a small flat plain called Ed-Daulaieh.
Khirbet ed-Daulaieh (Khirbet el-Baghleh?), ruined village.
Northern end of a long ridge called Jebel Atshaneh,
running in a SE. direction, is passed. Undulating
country.
A group of tels is passed.
To the S. lie two hills called El-Mujelinat, about If m.
apart, one directly S. of the other.
A
wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
is crossed. This
wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
, or possibly another crossed
in the neighbourhood, is called
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Debuneh, which
was reported in 1880 as probably containing water at
most seasons. The depression in which the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
10
15
m
18|
20
214
22
25
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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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