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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. II. 1917' [314] (323/542)
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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314
LAND ROUTES
ROUTE 13 a
BASRA—NASIEIYEH (1401 M .)
Authorities : —Force ' D ' Route Report, Serial no. 7, with supplement (Reports of
April, May, and August 1916) ; Boutes in Arabia, no. 203 (mainly from
Turkish Army records. 1915), Survey Maps nos. 43 and 47 (1915-16) ; other
recent information.
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The route is suitable for all arms, including field artillery. It
crosses a salt plain to Sha'aibeh ridge and thence to near Khamlslyeh
traverses stony or sandy desert. It is passable for light lorries in the
spring, and even in the flood season these can get to within a few
miles of Khamlslyeh. The following general account of the route in
mid-August 1916 has been given (it is not certain how far the first
two stages coincide with the road to Nukheileh described in detail
below)Basra—Zobeir, good, except between Fort George and
Zobeir. Zobeir—2 m. beyond Nukheileh, ground hard and undu
lating, but with 50-yard stretches of softer soil covered with
hummocks in the hollows; quite impassable for heavy lorries.
Nukheileh—Gubashlyeh, ground broken and very soft sand in the
nullahs ; ground studded with tussocks ; quite impassable for heavy
lorries, but a road could be found which could take 30-cwt. Fiat
lorries loaded ; Fiat lorries with 16 cwt. stores and 10 men stuck
in soft patches in 'Roumanila' (Rumeileh?) area. Gubashlyeh—
Nasirlyeh, going hard and good, but some little work would be
needed to locate a road without soft patches ; Fiat lorries with 16 cwt.
stores and 10 men stuck in soft places in Gubashlyeh and Legatteh
(Lagait) areas. Apart from light lorries, the road is best suited to
pack transport; in the dry season the surface becomes dusty and
breaks up ; carts are hard on mules and bullocks are useless ; the
best transport animals are the local camels, which can do 3 m. p. h.
The sending on of stores in boats has been found successful. For
landing-places, see under m. 36, 50, 60^, 77. From about September
to November the khor is too shallow for water transport.
The Basra—Nasirlyeh railway follows the general line of the route.
There is no difficulty about water, which is to be obtained either
from the Euphrates Idior or from wells. Pumps and a 30-ft. length
of hose should be taken, and it is recommended that an advance
party be sent out a day before the main body, as the wells sometimes
need cleaning out, after which the water should be allowed to stand
for a day. Well-digging may be necessary ; water may be expected
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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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