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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. II. 1917' [256] (265/542)
The record is made up of 1 volume (269 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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256
LAND ROUTES
Miles from
Zorbati-
yeh.
ior|
115|
125|
136|
137|
143|
146|
148i
traverses a grassy desert parallel to the Talazi, which
flows SE. at a distance of about 1-1 ■§ m. The river-bed
contains tamarisk jungle.
Tepeh. Patak mound, near Talazi Eiver. Springs of water
on S. side. Tamarisk in the river-bed; water of stream
slightly brackish.
From Tepeh Patak to the Jik, or Jikan River, the general
direction is ESE. A wide track runs across level desert,
generally grassy, and occasionally traverses broad water-
channels (dry in September) running to the Talazi Eiver,
which diverges to S.
Jik Eiver. Camp room on either bank, or in the sunken
river-bed, which is J m. broad, containing tamarisk bushes
and a clear stream of fair water.
From the Jik to the Karkeh the general direction is E.
No water on the route in September 1897.
Eoad crosses undulating grassy plain for 4 m., and then
traverses broad, level, grassy valley.
Pass solitary tomb of Seyyid 'Abbas. This is apparently
Imamzadeh Dacha-i-"Abbas. See Northern Eoute, above.
From Imamzadeli Dacha-i-*Abbas a road runs to Sliakhet el-Halweh
(4 m.), thence to the Karkeh Kiver, fordable for all arms, Sept.-
Dec., at Imamzadeh Gha'ib on E. bank (30 m. from Dacha-i-'Abbas)
and thence via Shush (34 m.) to Shushtar (80 m.). The road is fit
for wheeled transport from Shakhet el-Halweh onwards, except
at the crossing of the Shur River (girth deep in December) 1| m.
W. of Shush. Water is plentiful from the same point. Fuel and
fodder fair to good.
Eoad enters low, bare hills.
Passing ruined tomb, road enters broken ground. Farther
on, some broad water-courses are crossed ; dry in Sep
tember.
Level sandy ground.
Kuins and canal mounds at Kut.
Karkeh Eiver. Camp room ample; grass and tamarisk
fuel from river banks. From October to April camps
of Sagwand Lurs; but here, as elsewhere on the route,
there are no inhabitants in summer. Wheat crops ripen
in spring.
From the Karkeh to Dizftil the general direction is E.
Cross the Karkeh Eiver. The fords are shifting and
dangerous, and guides are required. [N.B. The lord
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This volume is A Handbook of Mesopotamia, Volume II, Irak, The Lower Kārūn, and Luristan (Admiralty War Staff Intelligence Division, May, 1917), covering the regions of the Shatt el-‘Arab [Shaṭṭ al-‘Arab], Kārūn, Luristan, and the Tigris and Euphrates up to Baghdad and Fellūjeh [Fallūjah]. 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.
The volume includes a note on confidentiality, a title page, 'Note', 'Abbreviations'. There is a 'Contents' which include the following sections:
- Introduction;
- River Routes (Shatt el-‘Arab, The Kārūn, The Tigris, The Euphrates, The Shatt el-Hai);
- Land Routes (The Region of the Shatt el-‘Arab, The Tigris Valley, The Region of the Lower Kārūn River of Luristan, The Euphrates Valley, Connexions between the Tigris and Euphrates Valley, The Arabian Desert);
- Railways;
- Gazetteer of Towns;
- Bibliographical Note and List of Maps;
- Transliteration of Names;
- Glossary;
- Appendices (A: Notes on Weather on the Tigris, B: The Control of the Tigris Water, C: The Control of the Euphrates Water, D: Oil-Fields of the Mesopotamia and Persian Frontier, E: Note on Mules);
- Index;
- Plates;
- Maps.
The volume includes eight plates that illustrate the volume. There are also three maps:
- 'Baghdad';
- 'City Map of Baghdad';
- 'Mesopotamia: Outline Map Showing Routes'.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (269 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume is arranged accourding to numbered routes. There is a table of contents at the front of the volume and an alphabetical index at the back. There is also a list of plates and two maps are house in a pocket and one is a foldout.
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Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the first folio and terminates at the last folio; 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 the folio.
Pagination: The volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1:374, 374a:374b, 375:530, back-i
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