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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. II. 1917' [259] (268/542)
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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ROUTES 10 b, c
259
Ahwaz. See lionte 8 a, m, 105^-4SJ (reversed), for route
to Umm Chir.
Umm Chir. See Boute 8 a, m. 43^-.
Ascend dry course of Shatt el-'Ama. The bed is difficult to
follow as it winds among a mass of tussocks, some 18 in.
high, formed by dead reed-clumps.
Dnweirij Eiver. Early in March this river was found,
when first reached, to be a fast-flowing stream, 50-
60 yds. broad and 5 ft. deep at the ford. It flowed at
a level far below the desert beneath precipitous mud
cliffs. Heavy rain lasting for a day and a night brought
the water to the level of the surrounding plain. This
flood very appreciably altered the course of the river.
According to recent information (1916) the Duweirij, after
leaving the foot-hills, turns somewhat N. of W., and
flows into the Khor Malih, the eastern border of which
is about 17 m. W. of the point where the river leaves
the hills. This Ichor, which is largely open water, con
nects with the Khor Sanaf, which lies N. of, and
adjoining, the Musharreh Canal.
Camp a few m. from Shahriz ruin-mounds about 27 m.
short of the Tyb Eiver.
Ford the Tyb Eiver where it pierces by a deep gorge through
the lowest foot-hills of the mountains. These foot-hills
are of red clay much broken by the action of the water.
Beyond the river where it was forded there is good
camping-ground on broad, terraced slopes, with grass in
spring: but the water of the Tyb is not good for
drinking purposes, being described as ' an exceedingly
potent solution of Epsom salts
Next camp at Qara (Qal'ah ?) Tepeh, a huge, solitary
mound in flat desert. At its foot are half a dozen
shallow wells, with bad, dirty water, full of tadpoles.
Chift Darr camp, in desert a little nearer the hills than at
Qara Tepeh. In March there was here a small stream
of good, clear water between high cliffs. This probably
dried a few weeks later in the year.
Camp at ruins of Bagh-i -Shahl on Shanguleh Eiver. Euins
of mud-built aqueducts and water-mills. The town and
itspalm-groves were destroyed byLurs of thePusht-i-Kuh.
Darreli Malih. camp, below a cliff which runs out from the
mountains into the desert N. of Bagh-i-Shahl. It is
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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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