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'Supplement to Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III' [91v] (187/234)
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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94
LAND KOUTES
m. 69. Add : • At about 11 m, from 'Ain el-Ghazal there appears to
be a well called El-Baj.'
m. 96.-m. 128. El-Bid ah- Fadgham. The Turkish map places Abu
Hamza wells on the route to Fadgham at about 31 m. from
El-Bidah.
The distance between El-Bidah and Fadgham seems to
be under-estimated. The Turkish map makes it about
45 m.
m. 160. Add : 'There is a considerable amount of maize-cultivation
along the river.'
Add at end of route :
(a) Mosul—'Ain el-Ghazal (61im.)
(Alternative Route)
The following details are taken from the Turkish map for the
direct track between Mosul and 'Ain el-Ghazal:
Miles from |
Mosul
0
11
24
runs WSW. crossing wadis
at short
Mosul.
Sekhaji. Track
intervals.
Qal ah Sheikh Ibrahim Kharawa. Here the track seems
to cross a watershed. The general trend of the streams
hitherto has been from NW. to SE.; from now till about
m. bo they run generally from NE. to SW.
Cross the stream from Tel A'far. Wadis become less fre
quent.
Ain el-Ghazal.
(^) Mosul—Tel es-Sawwar (162 m.)
(Alternative Route)
The Turkish map indicates a direct route as follows:
38
61i
Miles from
Mosul
0
11
36
48
50
63
69
Mosul.
Sekhaji.
Gadana.
Cross
wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
.
Rafiyeh.
Cross
wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
(marked as Ibreler Suyu on Turkish map).
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
(upper course of
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Tartar?).
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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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- 'Supplement to Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III'
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