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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. II. 1917' [258] (267/542)
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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258
LAND ROUTES
Miles from
Bedrali
53|
65|
84|
to Qafilaja passable for wheels. Proceed SE. by S.
down fairly level valley to m. 44; ESE. to m. 47|,
where a defile with bad path leads through hills on E.
Hence E. by S. to
Qafilaja, Abundant water from stream. No supplies.
Hence to Bisheh Daraz, road good and easy for pack
transport, but impassable for wheels without much
improvement. E. by S. to and garddn at m. 56i.
Thence E. to m. 58passing at m. 581: a spring (dry in
Nov.) by trees. From m. 58| E. by S. over at
m. 60| ;then through a winding (20 yds. wide)
beyond which is a small reedy stream.
Bisheh Daraz. No permanent village. No supplies or
fuel; a little water from stream. Hence to Deh Luran,
road good and easy for pack transport, and, from m. 76i
for wheels. Direction ESE. to m. 77^-. At m. 79|
cross Eud-Khaneh-i-Kamar Surkh, varying from 5 to
50 yds. in width, 6 in. deep, current 4 m.p.h. after
a night's rain.
Deh Luran.
EOUTE 10 c
AHWAZ—MANDALI (266 m.)
Authorities G. E. Hubbard, From the Gulf Ararat, 1916 (account of a journey in
March 1914). Itinerary of the same journey. Later notes for section
Bedrah—Mandali.
For the route as far as Umm Chir see 8 a.
From Umm Chir to Mandali the route on which notes are given
below was followed by the British Delegation to the Turco-Persian
Boundary Commission in March 1914. The caravan of the British
Delegation numbered about 150 men with mule transport. The
Russian, Persian, and Turkish Delegations followed more or less the
same line. The Russian and Persian caravans were each somewhat
smaller than the British, and the Turkish numbered 50^ men. The
caravans were provisioned from the Tigris, supplies being collected
at Amara,'Ali el-Gharbi, Kut, and Baghdad.
From Umm Chir to Seyyid Hasan the country is uninhabited, but
affords some pasture in spring.
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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.
- Physical characteristics
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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