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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [‎310] (319/432)

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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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310
LAND ROUTES
Miles from
Mosul
19i
22
26
38
39
69
for some miles over open plain, with some cultivation
and good grazing. Two hills also called Muwali lie near
the village.
Mnjelinat, small settlement of semi-nomads, with bad
water from springs.
Eoute runs over bare undulating ground at the foot of low
hills, as far as Tel A'far.
Dabnln, small village.
Tel A far.
A recent authority gives the following times from Tel A'far to
Mosul:—
Hrs.
0
H
5
6
8
11
Tel A'far.
Duhulu.
Mujelmat.
Muwali.
Jebel Til Atshan (Jebel 'Atshaneh?).
Mosul.
Tel A'far, which is the residence of a Mudir, consists
of about 3,000 stone houses. In 1906, the population
had apparently been much depleted, the decline being
due partly to recent attacks of the Shammar, partly to
an epidemic of cholera some years previously. But a
traveller who passed through the place in the winter of
1907-1908 estimated the population at several thousands.
The inhabitants are mainly Turkish, with some Kurds.
The Turkish inhabitants are indistinguishable in dress
and appearance from the Arab fellahin Arabic for ‘peasant’. It was used by British officials to refer to agricultural workers or to members of a social class employed primarily in agricultural labour. , and many of
them understand Arabic. There is cultivation to N.
and S. of the town. Sufficient supplies for caravans are
obtainable. Tel A'far is unwalled and stands on both
sides of a stream, the water of which is slightly
sulphurous. On a plateau overlooking the town from
the E. is a building formerly used as a guard-house, and
on the W. side is a hill several hundred feet high, on
which are the ruins of a citadel called Qal'at Marwan.
Tel A'far. [Mileage continued from Route (i), p. 309.]
From here, the track strikes SW. across the desert.
1 Ain el-G-hazal, small village with khan. 10-12 hours by
carriage from Tel A'far. No supplies available but
good water from spring. Route goes in a general SW.
direction.

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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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