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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [189] (198/432)
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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EOUTE 28 a
189
Miles from
BagMad
Miles
65
the Danavishk mountain into the Qarah-i-Shahin plain,
which it crosses to a pass between theJ^arah-i-Shahln and
Enzal mountains. After crossing the Ab-i-Dereh the main
Baghdad—Kirmanshah road is joined 2| m. from Pai-Taq.
Pai-Taq (see m. 143, below).
From Qizil Eibat to Khanikin the general direction is NE.
The road throughout is good and passable to all arms
in dry weather. The first 4 m. from Qizil Eibat would
be in wet weather very heavy and impracticable for
wheels. No water or supplies between m. 80 and m. 90.
Leaving Qizil Eibat the road runs past walled gardens and
houses, crosses a canal by a massive bridge, 26-ft. roadway,
and traverses a cultivated plain. Irrigation channels
run across the road, which gives signs of flood in places.
Two canals crossed in succession by bridges of strong
masonry. The road is now gravelly over undulating
country.
Low, bare hills are entered, the road, a broad, stony track,
ascending some 150 ft. gently to a (pass or col).
Emerging from the hills, the road crosses the stony plain
for about 4 m.
Nuqtdh passed on E.
Another range is now traversed.
Level plain of alluvial soil begins, bounded on all sides
by low hills. There are villages some 3 m. to NW. with
flocks and wheat fields.
Low gravel ridge is crossed and Khanikin comes in sight.
Stream ; the road passes between and over stony streets.
Khanikin. T., P.O. Situated on both banks of the
Alvand among gardens. One authority gives the distance
from Qizil Eibat to Khanikin as 22 m. Supplies are
plentiful and water abundant. No camels. About 20-30
other transport animals could be collected daily.
Bridge over the Alvand, a rapid stream ; river bed 100 yds.
wide ; bridge is solid brick and stone 164 yds. long,
20 ft. above water in a low river, 10 ft. in flood season,
with 10 arches, roadway 24 ft. The stream is 60 yds.
wide, and fordable in l.w.
Alternative route from Khanikin to Ser-i-Pul (see m. 132, below)
via Imam Hasan (30 m.). See Corrections to Routes in Persia,
vol. iii, 1914, Eoute 96, Alternative (E) : a report-of 1912.
According to the authority from which this description is taken,
the route described here cuts off 4 m. of road. The estimate of
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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.
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- 1 volume (214 folios)
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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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