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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. II. 1917' [277] (286/542)
The record is made up of 1 volume (269 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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EOUTE lib
277
Miles from
Dizful
Miles from
Dizfal
141
145
148
6,000 ft.). The last part of
of the summit is difficult.
Top of the Kuh -i -Cruras (alt
the track on either side
Thence descend to the
Sumaq valley.
Reach the Kaslig'an. Hereabouts this route joins the main
route (m. 139 below).
The route from Pul-i-Madian Kud to Khurramabad by Chinar-i-
Bardaghul might be made passable for wheels with comparative ease.
The chief obstacle is the Kashgan river (see introduction to Alternate
route (i), above). Water, grazing, and fuel plentiful.
The account of the road from Pul-i-Madian Rud is from
Corrections to vol. Hi (1914), 88 c, and from vol. iii (1910), 98. It is
impossible to reconcile the account with I. D. Map, 2 0 (square D 2).
Distances reckoned from Dizful by Alternative (i) to Pul-i-Madian
Eud.
117 Fnl-i-Madiau Hud.
From here to Chinar-i-Bardaghul the road is good for all
animals (if the Pul-i-Madian Rud be repaired). Leave
the Madian Eud, and cross the Kuh-i-Desht (or Kiasht)
plain.
123 Pass spring at the foot of the Surkhadnm-i-Lur (or Dum-i-
Karmiz) range.
124 Eeach head of valley and cross a succession of shaly spurs,
ascending to
128 Chiuar-i-Bardaghnl (alt. 4,700 ft.). Water, grazing, and
fuel plentiful.
It was reported in 1897 that the road from here to Dureh
would be passable for animals if a little work were done
near m. 133^ and about m. 137.
Cross stony plateau, with some water available. Then
turn E. and cross stony spurs S. of the Ohinareh range.
Ab Taf springs (alt. 4,400 ft.). Abundant water, wood,
and forage.
Cross open and stony saddle on the Chinareh range (alt.
4,600 ft.). Here a path branches off NNW. to the
Alishtar plain, connecting with lie (i).
Ascend over undulating spurs and steep slopes to
Darreh Daraz pass (alt. 4,450 ft.). The last 50 yds. before
the top of the pass are very steep. Descend by ravine.
Here the ravine is so narrowed by boulders that it would
have to be blasted for the passage of carts.
Descend the Zangalleh range by an easy stony track.
1301
1321
1361
137
1371
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This volume is A Handbook of Mesopotamia, Volume II, Irak, The Lower Kārūn, and Luristan (Admiralty War Staff Intelligence Division, May, 1917), covering the regions of the Shatt el-‘Arab [Shaṭṭ al-‘Arab], Kārūn, Luristan, and the Tigris and Euphrates up to Baghdad and Fellūjeh [Fallūjah]. 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.
The volume includes a note on confidentiality, a title page, 'Note', 'Abbreviations'. There is a 'Contents' which include the following sections:
- Introduction;
- River Routes (Shatt el-‘Arab, The Kārūn, The Tigris, The Euphrates, The Shatt el-Hai);
- Land Routes (The Region of the Shatt el-‘Arab, The Tigris Valley, The Region of the Lower Kārūn River of Luristan, The Euphrates Valley, Connexions between the Tigris and Euphrates Valley, The Arabian Desert);
- Railways;
- Gazetteer of Towns;
- Bibliographical Note and List of Maps;
- Transliteration of Names;
- Glossary;
- Appendices (A: Notes on Weather on the Tigris, B: The Control of the Tigris Water, C: The Control of the Euphrates Water, D: Oil-Fields of the Mesopotamia and Persian Frontier, E: Note on Mules);
- Index;
- Plates;
- Maps.
The volume includes eight plates that illustrate the volume. There are also three maps:
- 'Baghdad';
- 'City Map of Baghdad';
- 'Mesopotamia: Outline Map Showing Routes'.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (269 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume is arranged accourding to numbered routes. There is a table of contents at the front of the volume and an alphabetical index at the back. There is also a list of plates and two maps are house in a pocket and one is a foldout.
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Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the first folio and terminates at the last folio; 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 the folio.
Pagination: The volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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