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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [377] (386/432)
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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SULEIMANIYEH—TEKRIT
377
TEKEJT, on r. bank of the Tigris, 31 m. above Samarra by river.
Pop. possibly 5,000 ; 950 houses. Ferry.
River Route. See Route III E, m. 31.
Land Routes.
(i) To Samarra (a) along r. bank of Tigris. See 25 b, m. 104.
(7/) L. bank, caravans appear to travel to Ear and Samarra on this
side, but there is no regular route, and no details are available.
(ii) To Hit, v 85 m. SW., a little caravan traffic ; no details available.
(iii) To Mosul. See Boute 25 b, in. 104.
(iv) To Eirkuk. See Route 26.
General Description. —The town is built in the form of a semi-circle
on conglomerate cliffs, which at the centre of the town rise to
a height of 50-60 ft. The frontage of the town on the river is 400 or
500 yds. The stream here has been estimated at 250 yds. wide in
October (1903), and 500-600 yds. wide in May (1910). It is shallow
on the Tekrit side. In May 1910 it was possible to wade 100 yds.
from the r. bank. The current has been estimated at 2-3 m. an hour
(1. w. season). Along the banks, where there are no bluffs, there
is a strip of cultivated land averaging ^ m. in width. W. of the town
there is high broken and stony ground, uncultivated. The neigh
bourhood of Tekrit is covered with ruins of the pre-Mohammedan
city. There is a wide view over the country to S., N., and E. from
an eminence a few minutes W. of the town. Jebel Selweh, 4^ m.
WNW., rises to 407 ft.
Above Tekrit the cliffs (mud and conglomerate) continue on the
r. bank. The district immediately above the town is called Qa'im.
Supplies and Commerce. —A few poor shops; sheep exported over
land to Syria. Small local export of cereals, melons, &c. ; import of
cheap manufactured goods. The place is a centre of rafting trade
down-stream; many raftsmen live here. Several large boats are
available, fit to carry horses, which, however, are usually swum
across the river. The wickerwork (ferry-boats) carry 10-15
men each.
Inhabitants. —Mixed Arab population; the men are largely employed
as raftsmen (some of them are settled for this purpose in Mosul).
Administration. —The place is administered by a Mudir, under the
Kaimmakam of Samarra.
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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.
- 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.
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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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