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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [‎312] (321/432)

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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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312
LAND EOUTES
neighbourhood of Sekenik and parts of the Khabur Valley there is
no cultivation, and nowhere can any appreciable quantity of supplies
be expected. There is good grazing in spring in the Khabur
Valley. For Vezidi raids, see p. 308.
Miles from
Mosul
0
39
39|
42
46
48
48i
48i
60
50i
51
51|
Mosul. For routes as far as Tel A'far see 49 a
(Mileage continued from route (i) under that heading 1
Tel A far.
From Tel A'far to Beled Sinjar the route is generally
easy, running over open undulating ground or cultivated
plain; but in January 1880 the going was soft, as the
result of melting snow. Up to the Solaq Chai (21 m
from Beled) the water on the route, though plentiful is
brackish, and only just drinkable.
For Hi m . beyond Tel A'far the route goes across an
undulating plain slightly depressed in the middle
bounded by ridges to N. and open on the S. A number
of tels are scattered over the plain.
Stieam flowing S. crossed (January 1880). Apparently
about this point, or a short distance farther on, a group
of tels are seen at about 1 hr. ride to S.
Tel Wardan, large eminence.
Cross wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. with water (December), some cultivation on its
banks.
Cross Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Ibreh. with abundant water (December). On
the further side, cultivation extending to the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Mujeirat (m. 51).
Site of deserted village of Ibreh (1907).
Tel Ibreh (called by local Arabs in 1880 Khirbet Seyyid
Kleb). The tel contains some modern cave-dwellings.
Stream running SE. is crossed (this is apparently the
W adi Sharai, and seems to be the ' small boggy stream'
described by a recent authority as a branch of the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Ibreh lying 2^ m. from it).
Tel er-Rus, a few hundred yards to S, of track.
Stream flowing SE. is crossed. This is apparently the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Mujeirat: a recent authority mentions the JibbarehChai
as a small boggy stream 3| m. from the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Ibreh.
Tel Abu Fuseikeh lies apparently about ^ m. to the
Cultivation and
N. on the 1. bank of the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Sharai.
small villages near it.
Cultivation apparently ceases in this neighbourhood.

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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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