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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [397] (406/432)
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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APPENDIX
397
Miles from
Khanikin
At Sheikh Nasr-ed-Din's village on 1. bank, a route joins
from Chiah Surkh (about 14 m. distant).
At Banakhilan ford, route from Chiah Surkh and Hurin
joins from SSE., and route to Suleimaniyeh via Qara
Dagh diverges to NW. See (iv) below.
75 ? Halebjeh. For route to Suleimaniyeh see 35.
120 Suleimaniyeh.
(ii) Qask-i-Shikin—Suleimaniyeh
Via Haush Kuki and Halebjeh.
Just passable for strong carriages as far as Haush Kuri, but only
if the road is left at the worst parts.
Miles from
tasr-i-
hiriii
o
10
115?
Qasr-i-Shlriu. General direction WNW. Track leads
between gypsum hills and the Agha Dagh, undulating
and rising very gradually.
Ahmad Naizi, large village in gap in the gypsum hills.
Road continues to rise till the gypsum hills merge into
the Agha Dagh. Eoad proceeds among hills and small
valleys.
Haush. Kuri. See (i), above, for this place and remainder
of route.
Suleimaniyeh.
(iii) Qasr-i-Shirin—Chiah Sukkh.
From Qasr-i-Shirin (A) follow the cart-road of the Anglo-Persian
Oil Company to their works at Chiah Surkh (13^ m.). Crude
petroleum is available for fuel.
Another road (B) not fit for wheels, though broad in parts, goes
W. of the cart-road. Total distance 10 m. General direction NE.
Cross flat space outside Qasr-i-Shirin, at N. end of which track
narrows and goes over seven sandstone ridges : rocky descent from
last. Thence over flat ground to bank of Quretu River, very muddy
after rain. Here track crosses some bad gullies. Quretu village on
mound by 1. bank of river, 7 m. from Qasr-i-Shiiln. River crossed
here by a ford bad after rain. Proceed NE. to Saikavand over
gravel and mud. Cross Qizil stream by ford very bad after rain:
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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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