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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [132] (141/432)
The record is made up of 1 volume (214 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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132
RIVER ROUTES
the navigable channel followed the 1. bank. Several small
islands are shown in a map of 1908. At the top of the
gorge is a strong backwater, and a whirlpool which is said
to be dangerous when there is much water in the river.
Head of the defile. Above the Halebi Chelebi defile, for
a distance a little under 20 m. to El-Khas (see m. 72, below),
the current runs about 2 m.p.h., the river is 200 yds. broad,
and the average depth does not exceed 4 ft.
The river bifurcates round a large irregularly shaped
island which appears to be about 7 m. long and 3 m. broad
in the middle. There is no evidence to show which branch
is the better for navigation. Distances are here calculated
by the r.-bank branch.
Kasubi (Kosubi), a deserted mud village, with a fort notice
able from the river.
Durra (a kind of millet) is grown on the surrounding
low land.
'Am Tin, a spring by the side of the road, which here
approaches the river.
Qasr Ma'dan lies between the river and the road. On
the other side of the road is Darb el-Wawi (ruins). Above
this point the edge of the desert plateau recedes somewhat;
from the river and leaves a zone of lower land 1—3 m. wide
between it and the r. bank. j
A small tumulus; a ford to the top of the large island
mentioned at m. 54 above is marked here on W. 0. map,
but it is uncertain on what authority. On the island;
opposite the ford is a larger mound which one authority
calls Tel Khumeideh (but see m. 54 above under 1. bank)._
Entrance to a dry arm of the river which passes Qishlaq
Ma'dan about 3 m. WSW. of this point.
Khamisiyeh ferry in Khamlslyeh district. About here
is the upper end of the dry arm mentioned above under
m. 614,
Total
distance
Miles
51
52,
53
54
56
59
59i
61
614
66i
68
70
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This volume is A Handbook of Mesopotamia, Volume III, Central Mesopotamia with Sourthern Kurdistan and the Syrian Desert (Admiralty War Staff Intelligence Division, January, 1917), covering the Tigris and Euphrates from Baghdad and Fellūjeh [Fallujah] to Mosul and Meskeneh [Maskanah], the Lesser Zāb, the country east of the Tigris towards the Persian frontier, and the routes running westward from the Euphrates valley across the Syrian Desert. 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. This volume was supplemented with corrections and additions in June 1918 (see IOR/L/MIL/17/15/41/5).
The volume includes a note on confidentiality, a title page, 'Note', 'Abbreviations'. There is a page of 'Contents' which includes the following sections:
- Introduction;
- River Routes (The Tigris and the Lesser Zāb, The Euphrates);
- Land Routes (The Tigris Valley with Region to East, The Euphrates Valley, Connexions between Tigris and Euphrates Valleys, The Syrian Desert);
- Gazetteer of Towns;
- Bibliographical Note;
- Transliteration of Names;
- Glossary;
- Appendix;
- Index;
- 'Sketch Map of Routes', which includes 'City Map of Baghdad' (f. 212) and 'Mesopotamia: Outline Map Showing Routes, Volume III' contained in a pocket.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (214 folios)
- Arrangement
This volume is arranged according to numbered routes. There is a page of contents and an alphabetical index. There are two maps housed in a pocket.
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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'. ).
Pagination: The volume also has an original printed pagination sequence.
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- 'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1:422, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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