!['Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [‎309] (318/432)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100023045519.0x000001/IOR_L_MIL_17_15_41_4_0318.jp2/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg "'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [‎309] (318/432)")
'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [309] (318/432)
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. .
Transcription
This transcription is created automatically. It may contain errors.
EOUTE 49 a
309
Debuneh lies is thickly strewn with large blocks of
stone. In the plain to NE. of it is a hill called Tashtah,
near which there is said to be a spring. The plain is
bounded on N. and S. by low ridges running NW. and
SE.
Uch Tepeh, three tels about ^-1 m. S. of the track.
e Ain el-Beidha, three springs near a small hill.
Abu Miriam, small village on a Spring on W. side
of the tel, and cultivation in plain to W. There are
several other tels in the plain. A ridge bounds the
plain to N., 3-6 m. distant, running in a NW. direction.
A
wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
is crossed. Track rises very gradually.
Route reaches the top of the gradual slope, here crossing
the line of the low hills called Jebel Mehleibiyeh. It
then gradually descends a valley (cultivated in 1880),
with low hills on either side.
Route passes a rain-water pool. A little farther on is
a cistern.
Tel A far.
The following account has been based on the information of an
Arab officer in the Turkish service who in August 1914 traversed
the route from Tel A'far to Mosul in 13 hrs. by carriage:—
Miles
0 Mosul.
16 Cross
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Badosh.
18 Khan Lubgilleh.
23 Re-cross
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Badosh at Khan el-Baghleh.
31 Abu Miriam.
38 Tel A'far.
(ii) Southern Route.
This appears to be rather worse supplied with water than the
northern route.
Miles from
Mosul
0
7
9
16
Mosul. The route is said to run for about 6 m. over
a cultivated plain.
Route passes through low stony hills (Jebel Atshaneh?).
Route emerges into open, undulating, cultivated country,
which is traversed as far as Muwali.
Muwali, village of Jebur Arabs. Water supply from one
brackish well and in winter from rain-water. Between
Muwali and Tel A'far water is very scarce. Route leads
About this item
- Content
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.
- Physical characteristics
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.
- Written in
- English in Latin script View the complete information for this record
Use and share this item
- Share this item
'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [309] (318/432), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/MIL/17/15/41/4, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023493070.0x000077> [accessed 6 May 2024]
https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023493070.0x000077
Copy and paste the code below into your web page where you would like to embed the image.
<meta charset="utf-8"><a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023493070.0x000077">'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [‎309] (318/432)</a> <a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023493070.0x000077"> <img src="https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100023045519.0x000001/IOR_L_MIL_17_15_41_4_0318.jp2/full/!280,240/0/default.jpg" alt="" /> </a>
This record has a IIIF manifest available as follows. If you have a compatible viewer you can drag the icon to load it.https://www.qdl.qa/en/iiif/81055/vdc_100023045519.0x000001/manifestOpen in Universal viewerOpen in Mirador viewerMore options for embedding images
Copyright: How to use this content
- Reference
- IOR/L/MIL/17/15/41/4
- Title
- 'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1:422, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence