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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [186] (195/432)
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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LAND ROUTES
200 men and horses. This is not a usual halting-place
for caravans, which generally go right through. Fuel
scarce.
From Abu Jezreh to Shahraban the general direction is
NE. The road is passable in dry weather for all arms
but is deep and heavy and impracticable for wheels
in wet weather. Many culverts, ramps, and bridges
would be required. Supplies could be collected from
neighbouring villages. There are quantities of cattle
sheep, and goats. Water good but muddy from canals!
G-ood grazing. Fuel scarce.
Leaving Abu Jezreh
caravanserai
A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers).
the road runs over uneven
hillocky ground liable to flood. On the r. is a deep, high-
banked irrigation canal. Numerous irrigation channels
cross the road which is somewhat confined with banked
canals on either side up to Shahraban (see m. 57 below).
Eoad passes the high-walled
caravanserai
A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers).
, 100 yds.
square, of the village of Jellali; there are gardens and
date-palms. Emerging from the village the road crosses
a canal 30 ft. broad, running swiftly SE. ; the bridge
consists of one 12-ft. arch of stone, strong, and in good
repair.
Sliahrabau. T., P.O., several caravanserais, and a roofed
bazaar. There are walled gardens and date-groves. No
camels. About 20 other transport animals could be
collected daily. Supplies plentiful in normal times.
Water good and abundant from wells and canals. Fuel
scarce.
From Shahraban to Qizil Eibat the general direction is NE.
The track generally has been described as a carriage-
road, but a very bad one, both over the hills where it is
very stony and the gradients are apparently steep, and
over the plain where it is very soft. For the first m.
from Shahraban the road is heavy in wet weather and
impracticable for wheels. Numerous culverts and small
bridges are required.
Passing through the roofed bazaar and walled gardens
of Shahraban the road emerges over undulating ground
liable to flood. There are numerous irrigation channels
in all directions, some deep and narrow with few and bad
foot bridges.
Two canals, each about 12 ft. broad, crossed by masonry
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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'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1:422, back-i
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