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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [250] (259/432)
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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1
250
Miles from
Sulei-
maniyeli
m
45
47
47i
48
49|
50^
51
52i
54i
54^
LAND ROUTES
Reach the Lesser Zab, 150-200 yds. wide, with a swift
current over a gravelly bottom.
The track ascends the river valley. Good grass on the
slopes.
Qal ah Dukhan, dismantled fort 60 yds. square, with
round flanking towers, on a knoll overlooking the stream.
The heights above command it.
Dukhan (or Du Kani, ' two springs'), small khan with a
few houses.
Dukhan ferry, one Jceleh Horses and mules have to be
swum. A backwater on each bank helps the crossing.
The valley is 400 yds. wide. On the r. bank spurs come
close to the water's edge. River 150 yds. wide ; fordable
in l.w. Deep and rapid in h.w. The Tang-i-Dukhan,
through which it emerges, is 1 m. up-stream.
Track now leaves the river and skirts the low hills bordering
the valley. Abundant grazing on the hill-sides.
Track turns to the 1. shortly before the Tang-i-Dukhan over
a rounded spur with small ravines. Soil shale, with
some gypsum.
Summit. Alt. 1,750 ft. Diagonal descent by a steep
gradient.
Gradient 1 in 3 to 4, following 3 ft. ledge in the clay for
300 yds. A road fit for wheels could be improvised. Alt.
1,360 ft.
Ford a tributary of the Zab, 15 ft. wide, 1 ft. deep (l.w.).
Gulnari, 60 houses of Kurds, on the opposite bank. Pome
granate, fig, and vine cultivation. Large flocks of sheep
and goats on the hills. Some cattle. Good grass.
Track good, following the river, here 50 yds. wide, but
becoming broader farther on.
Undulating easy track. Some wheat cultivation. Track
inclines to 1. and ascends a small side-valley, leaving the
river.
The Kutsrut Dagh, high range, to the N. Lower slopes
rounded and grassy : higher, rugged and sparsely wooded.
Track divides, the lower branch being the easier. The other
ascends to the 1. through two small villages up the
Kutsrut Dagh and reaches the plain farther N.
Skirt a shale hill to the 1. by a well-worn ledge 2 ft. wide.
Then ascend a broad spur from the Kutsrut Dagh.
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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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