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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [370] (379/432)
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. .
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370
GAZETTEEE OF TOWNS
Deireh Harlr
Barak
Baradost
Shirwan
Nahiye
Head-quarters
Deireh Harlr
Oellala
Sadaqah
Beirisivao
A battalion of Nizam is usually quartered here (1910); they have
no barracks, but camp near the Government buildings which lie in
the suburb of Qal'ah Teluk (1904). In 1910 the place was the head
quarters of two Eedif battalions, probably nominal, which had not
been embodied.
There is also a post of 60 zaptiehs (1904).
SALAHIYEH (KUFRI ; in some maps also marked Zengabad),
on the Baghdad—Mosul main route, 417 m. NNE. of Baghdad. Pop.
(800 houses) ? 4,000. T. (Baghdad—Mosul line).
Routes—
(i) To Baghdad. See Boute 25 a.
(ii) To Mosul. See Boute 25 a.
(iii) To Suleimaniyeh via Zagirmeh Pass. See 34 a.
(iv) To Euleimaniyeh via Dar. See 34 b.
(v) To Qasr-i-Shirin. See 33.'
(vi) To Ehanikin. See Boutes 32 a, b.
General Description. —The town lies in a plain at the mouth of
a gorge in a low ridge (300-400 ft. high) to the N., through which
the Chechepan (Kufri Su) emerges. The river, on the r. bank of
which Salahiyeh stands, is unbridged. A cultivated treeless plain
extends for a few miles to the S. and E. for about 10 m. to NW. The
hill of Bawa Shah Suwar, to the N. of Kufri, commands an excellent
view of the town. There are a shrine and a cemetery on it. The
town is surrounded by a mud wall in poor repair. The houses are
of stone and mud, with flat roofs; a few on the S./ are built of lime
and gypsum from the hills close by. There is a stone khan on the
N., outside the town, and a new khan on the E. with upper rooms.
It is 40 x 55 yds., with stabling for 150 horses, and of rough stone and
cement. There is another khan, single-storeyed, 30 yds. square, and
stabling for 50 horses.
Supplies and Commerce. —There is a bazaar at Salahiyeh containing
about 80 shops with a fair amount of supplies (flour, dates, dried
fruits). The neighbourhood is said to produce good wheat, and near
the town are gardens with date and fruit trees. Sheep and goats
are plentiful in normal times. The water, which comes from the
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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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