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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. II. 1917' [312] (321/542)
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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312
LAND EOUTES
THE EUPHRATES VALLEY
ROUTE 12
BASRA—NEJEF (284 m.)
Authorities:—Field Notes on Mesopotamia, 1915, Koute 5 a ; and other information.
An easy desert route along the southern edge of the Euphrates
Valley. The soil is mostly firm sand and gravel, and the going is
good. Water is plentiful throughout; it is usually brackish, but
drinkable, except at Qasr ibn 'Ansar (m. 144), where it is fit for
animals only, and in the Bahr-i-Shinafiyeh. Fuel and fodder are
plentiful, especially in spring, except between Qasr ibn Ansar and
Nejef. Lucerne is obtainable at Basra, Zobeir, and Qasr Blr Shagrah,
but in limited quantities only. Some supplies can be procured at
Samaweh ; at Zobeir they are plentiful; elsewhere there are none to
be got.
Miles from
Basra
o
92
114?
137
Basra, The Basra—Nasirlyeh route (13 a) can apparently
be followed as far as Khamislyeh.
Khamisiyeh.
Qasr Blr Shagrah lies about 20 m. SSW. of Khamisiyeh. Qasr
Abu Ghar lies about 15 m. NW. of Qasr Blr Sbagrab, and
Qasr Nabah lies about 10 m. NW. of Qasr Abu Ghar. The only
route described between Khamisiyeh and Qasr Nabah follows
this detour to SW.: it is easy going through sandy, gravelly
country with much bush. Water-pan at Qasr Blr Shagrah.
It is probably possible to follow a more direct route over the open
desert to Qasr Nabah.
Qasr Habah., a strong fort standing in a depression, near
Tel Abu Sharan. General direction to Qasr ibn
'Ansar, NW.
About 7 m. NNE. of Qasr Nabah are the extensive ruins
of ' (J r, S. of which are petroleum and bitumen wells at
Tel Mughaiyir.
Qasr ed.-Dag.aim, ruined fort. Here there is a pond (Ain
ibn Dughaiyin of report?) of drinkable water, only
slightly brackish.
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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.
- Physical characteristics
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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- 'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. II. 1917'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1:374, 374a:374b, 375:530, back-i
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