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'Supplement to Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III' [38r] (80/234)
The record is made up of 1 volume (115 folios). It was created in 1918. 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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LAND ROUTES
THE TIGRIS VALLEY WITH REGION
TO EAST
guns
EOUTE 25 a, pp. 142-167
BAGHDAD- MOSUL
Via Salahiyeh, Kirku-k, and Erbil
Introduction.—Delete : 4 with some slight repairs . . .* held
throughout' and substitute:
' A good deal of work has been done recently towards the improve
ment of the road. The Turks have made it passable for guns between
Mosul and Qara Tepeh. In December 1917 motor-lorries were
reported to be working between Mosul and Altun Koprii, and the
road between Altun Koprii and Qara Tepeh is apparently passable
for motors, at least in dry weather.
South of the Jebel Hamrrn the surface of the country along the
route consists mainly of the alluvial loam of Irak, with sand in
places: north of the Hamrln it is for the most part alluvial clay,
with sand and gravel here and there. The ground is therefore liable
to become very heavy after rain.
The Great Zab is now crossed by one or more bridges (see correc
tions under m. 215, 262^ below). The old stone bridge over the Lesser
Zab at Altun Koprii is not passable for wheels, but no information is
available as to new bridges on the Lesser Zab or other stream-beds.'
After ' large torrent-beds between Salahiyeh and Kirkuk ' add ;
' the streams in which are generally easily fordable, but may be im
passable for hours or days after rain
After 1 in the crossing of the Great Zab ' add : ' Between Kirkuk
and Erbil the streams are generally dry in summer. Water may
often be found in this region in underground channels (karezes).
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This volume is A Handbook of Mesopotamia, Corrections and Additions to Volume III: Central Mesopotamia with Southern Kurdistan and the Syrian Desert (Naval Staff Intelligence Department: June, 1918). It supplements Volume III (IOR/L/MIL/17/41/4) which includes routes along the middle Tigris and Euphrates from Baghdad to Fellūjeh [Fallujah] up to Mosul and Meskeneh [Maskanah]. The volume was prepared on behalf of the Admiralty and the War Office. These corrections and additions are based partly on information dating from before the Mesopotamian Campaign and partly on intelligence from 1917-1918.
The volume contains a note on confidentiality, title page, 'Note', and 'Abbreviations'. There is a page of contents which includes 'Corrections and Additions to Itineraries' for River Routes and Land Routes, 'Corrections and Additions to Gazetteer of Towns', and 'Corrections and Additions to Appendix'. Several pages have been left blank for convenience of use with interleaved copies of the original edition.
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- 1 volume (115 folios)
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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 contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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- 'Supplement to Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:114v, back-i
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