"كتيّب بلاد الرافدين. المجلد III. ١٩١٧" [‎١‎١‎٢] (٤٣٢/١٢١)

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KIVER ROUTES
c Askar Island. From c Askar Island up to Habbein Gharbi
(m. 108^) the current runs about 4 m.p.h.
Khan Feheimeh (Fahami) village and guard-house. The
zaptieh post is an enclosure with sides 100 ft. long, overlooking
river from the high sloping bank. Good grazing all round.
Island opposite, covered with bushes. The village is on the
river bank with the road immediately behind. In front of or
near the barracks is a wadi. At its junction with the river
is a swamp difficult to cross, where animals may get badly
bogged.
The Zawlyeh Arabs are seen about here. They had (1907)
a fortified house on an island m. below Feheimeh.
Jebel el-Ehiyam, at some distance to W.
Sariyafi or Eozar Island and village, near the bank.
Channel in 1903 followed 1. bank. Just above the island are
the Bajan rocks in mid-stream.
El-Waladiyeh Island.
Here are rocks showing up in mid-stream. From here up
to Tablls I. current is 2 m.p.h. (Jan.-Feb. 1903), except
at a few naurs. Navigation is said to present no difficulties.
Tablis Island, almost uninhabited and with ruined fortifi
cations still visible, is near r. bank.
Bishkireh. or El-Eanni Rapids. Navigation difficult, but
there is an artificially deepened channel 40 yards from r.
bank. From here to the ruins of Ardeshlr bridge, just below
Anah, the current runs 5J m.p.h. and navigation is difficult.
Wadi Jedideli joins river.
Jumeileh village in palm-trees, between river and road.
Qasr 'Abdallah fort stands 1 m. back from river. The low
ground between the river and the desert plateau grows nar
rower as Anah is approached, and is not more than 200 yards
wide on the Syrian side and less on Mesopotamia!! side.
Anah. The town extends for several miles along the
river bank.
Ardeshir (or Iinbbad) Island, small, in mid-stream. On
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