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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. II. 1917' [301] (310/542)
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 11 e (i, ii)
301
Alishtar plain. Beyond Alishtar the present route runs apparently
SW. of route (i). At Vanavilleh it touches an offshoot of the Safld
Kuh and thence proceeds apparently about north to Kaisarwand. and
joins route (i) at the Gumasiab, 20 m. from Kirmanshah.
The road as far as Gumasiab is fit for pack transport only. No
serious obstacles are met with. Water is plentiful throughout. In
October 1908 there was good grazing at Kaka Dar and Ittiwand,
and hlmsa was abundant at Alishtar. (Grazing would probably be
plentiful at Alishtar in the summer.) Little or no fuel is to be had
except at Vanavilleh. Cereals are obtainable (at least in late summer
and autumn) at Alishtar; cattle and sheep, wheat and barley were
plentiful at Ittiwand in October; and provisions of all sorts could
be obtained in considerable quantities in the neighbourhood of
Kaisarwand.
The times given in the margin are those of a caravan.
' Tq mi 0 n - Khurramabad. To the Tang-i-Chinar Dar the route is an
open track passable for all transport. All through the
Tang-i-Chinar Dar the route narrows, and is very winding.
Much undergrowth helps to make it difficult. There are
very few ascents or descents in this pass. From the
farther side of this pass to the hills before the Tang-i-
Awandar (Aivandah?, see route (i), m. 12^) it is a good
open track through a valley suitable for all transport.
Up the Tang-i-Awandar and down to Kaka Dar the track
follows a long steady ascent and descent, but meets with
no serious obstacles. The streams crossed are no obstacles
(at any rate in autumn).
6 45 Kaka Dar (alt. 5,400 ft.). There is no good camping-
ground here. Good and plentiful water from stream.
Good grazing. Road enters a defile immediately beyond
this point. This is somewhat difficult as the track passes
over large slabs of rock covered with water from the
stream. Beyond the defile the road is clear of obstacles,
but goes up and down the whole way until the plain of
Alishtar is reached. The country passed through is bare,
without trees, villages, or encampment (October).
10 0 Alishtar plain : see route (i) above, m. 29^.
Road over the Alishtar plain is an open level track passable
for all transport. From the plain to Lagri it is a narrow
winding track passing over bare hilly country. Road
has no obstacles for pack animals. Water is met with
twice on the road from small streams.
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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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- 'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. II. 1917'
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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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