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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. II. 1917' [313] (322/542)
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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Ales fr
Basi
144
174
210
226
227
239
245
259
258
284
ROUTE 12
313
Qasr ibn c Ansar, where there is a large pan of very
brackish water, fit only for animals.
The route continues NW., approaching the river, and goes
over soil encrusted with salt and of the nature of quick
sand. Fuel everywhere ; grazing excellent.
Samaweh town. Pop. about 10,000.
The route runs along the S. (1.) bank of the Euphrates
(Hindiyeh Branch, old channel; see IV C (i)).
There are now occasional patches of cultivation, and small
date-groves along it.
Shinafiyeh.
Skirt S. end of Bahr-i-Shinafiyeh: water said to be un
wholesome, almost undrinkable.
Shaib Hisib(?) stream, said to be perennial. Abundant
water has been found in it in February.
Qasr Rahim, small village in plain. One spring.
Plenty of camel pasture.
From here there are alternative routes.
Eoute (i)
When the Bahr-i-Nejef is dry (that is, at any time
except in the flood season) Nejef can be reached from
Qasr Rahim by the following route:—
Kahbeli, small village built round a castle in the midst
of well-irrigated and cultivated land. There is a large
spring near the castle walls, but it is sulphurous. Road
proceeds to run among sand-hills, with brushwood and
pasturage.
Road enters depression of the Bahr-i-Nejef. Ground spongy
and heavily impregnated with salt. Direction almost
due N.
Ascend steeply the limestone ridge on which Nejef stands
and enter the town.
Route (ii)
When the Bahr-i-Nejef is flooded the route skirts its
edge. Sandy hillocks most of the way.
Qarah 'Ozeir, one good spring, 1 m. from edge of Bahr.
Route proceeds along edge of lake, and rounds its NW.
end, turning then to SE.
Nejef.
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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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- '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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