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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. II. 1917' [320] (329/542)
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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320
LAND ROUTES
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EOUTE 13 b S
BASEA—NASIEIYEH (155 m.)
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S outhern E oute to K hamisiyeh |
Authority ; —Koute Eeport of 1910.
This route, which does not follow a usual track, runs to
Khamisiyeh on a line which, at least for the greater part of the way,
is slightly south of Route 13 a. The relation between the two routes
beyond Shweibdah and Barjisiyeh cannot be exactly determined |
from the evidence available. The route given below between Zobeir
and Khamisiyeh was traversed on camel-back, in January 1910,
by an authority who estimated his pace at 4 m. an hour on an
average. Distances given here are calculated on this basis. The §
authority states that he followed a zigzag course owing to the
insecurity of the country and the consequent anxiety of his native
guides to avoid Arab encampments, &c. The indications of direction
seem to be very incomplete. From Khamisiyeh 13 a is followed
to Nasirlyeh. The ground on this southern route is apparently
passable for all arms. There are soft places after heavy rain, but
these can be avoided.
Miles from !
Basra
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n
17
24
30
31
39
49
53
57
Basra. See Route 13 a for the road nearly to Zobeir.
Zobeir. Leave Zobeir by a rough desert track, in a
westerly direction, very slightly ascending.
Well, 30 ft. deep, 15 ft. in diameter; 4 ft. of water. Some
slight cultivation here. About ^ m. to W. of track is the
large village of Barjisiyeh, lying in trees in low ground
and straggling away westwards.
Direction "N W. Fall of ground from NE. to SW.
Small water-course running NW. to SE.
Mounds (5 hrs. from Zobeir). The mounds are described
as ' two low jebels 200 yds. to N. of road '.
Direction NW. Smoke of villages and water (apparently
the Euphrates Jchor) seen 2—3 m. towards N.
Direction W. by N.
Dry water-course running NE.
Slight hollow with water-holes and hisrh ground to N.
and NE.
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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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