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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [‎315] (324/432)

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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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EOUTE 49 b 315
EUiubazi. Highest points of the Sinjar range, two peaks,
are now to K
Sllejltmii, -2 m. to r. at the foot of the hills. Tel Heyyal
i m . to 1. Track passes two (ruined ?) shrines called
'Abd el-'Aziz'and 'Abd el-Qadir.
Sekenik (or Ghiran), a Yezidi village lies in a ravine of
Et-Toq hills to N. of route. It comprises about 100
houses. From the ravine a stream runs into the plain;
it is there crossed by the route. For alternative route
from Sekenik to Shedadi see 49 c, and for route
from Sekenik to Nisibin see vol. iv, 88 b.
Prom Sekenik the route goes SW. over cultivated land
occupied by Yezidis.
Cultivated land ends in this neighbourhood. Eoute traverses
undulating steppe.
Es-Sihl, a watercourse. A Yezidi encampment was found
here in March 1899.
Between Es-Sihl and 'Ain el-Hawariyeh (m. 134), the
ground is a heavy red clay with numerous outcrops of
gypsum. Native information, given in 1880, mentions
two springs between Es-Sihl and El-Guiieli. These are
named El-Qasaloeli and El-Muallaqat.
The route bears more westerly. Low line of heights
(El-Jereibeh) to N.
West end of El-Jereibeh hills lies to N. of route : Wide
view over the plain in the direction of the Khabur. The
'Abd el-'Aziz hills, on the farther side of the Khabur,
are seen to WNW.
Route takes a general SW. direction.
El-Goneh, a spring near a tel. The water here was said in
1880 to be bad.
Beyond El-Goneh, cross a ridge.
Ain el-Hawariyeh, a spring near a tel. The overflow of
the spring forms a small brook.
Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. edh-Dhiab (wolf's valley) is crossed. Jebur encamp
ments in spring 1899.
Left bank of the Khabur, opposite the of Shedadi. The
river is here crossed. There was a ferry before the war.
Shedadi, on r. bank, a long low hill overlooking the river.
Towards its northern end it rises in a conical eminence
about 100 ft. high. On its lower southern part is a mud
fort with accommodation for several dozen

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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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