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'Supplement to Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III' [44r] (92/234)
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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ROUTE 25 a
47
There are several fords in low water known to the
natives.'
The mound of Nebi Yunus is occupied by a village of
Turkomans who are very fanatical. The mosque on the
summit of the mound is reputed to contain the bones of
the prophet Jonah and is inaccessible to Christians.
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ROUTE 25 b, pp. 167-179
BAGHDAD —MOSUL
Via Right Bank of the Tiokis
Total distance. —240-245 m.
Introduction, p. 168.— Samarra—Mosul. After 'Light carts . . .
the return journey' add: ' A good deal of work has been done on
the road recently, and it has apparently been used by motor-lorries
P. 169. Delete ' Fords across the Tigris ... p. 40". See on fords,
note on pp. 50-2 below.
Add: 'The distances are measured from the upper boat-bridge.'
m. 3. According to the most recent maps the distance from the
boat-bridge to Kazimain is about 4 m.
At about m. 5 the road forks. That to the 1. follows the
railway, keeping generally to E. of it to Meshahidiyeh
railway station (see note on m. 23 below).
The r.-hand branch is that partly described in the text.
It touches the river opposite Jallateh (m. 11) and thence
proceeds near the river, passing Beit
Nawab
An honorific title; an official acting as a provincial deputy ruler in South Asia; or a significant Muslim landowner in nineteenth century India.
at about
m. 13 and Tel Gosh at about m. 15, touches the river
^ m. farther on. Here it leaves the river and continues
NNE. At m. 17i a road passable for carts diverges to
r., the main road continuing N. to Ehan Meshahidiyeh.
The branch to r. runs N. by E. for about 15 m. to Qal'ah
Kermea (apparently = Qal'ah Tarmiyeh, noted under
m. 18 of the itinerary) on the Tigris, opposite MansOriyeh,
whence it strikes NE. to Sumeikeh.
m. 18. Delete 1 near Haseiweh '.
Paragraph in small type. —See above, under m.*3.
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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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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'. ).
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