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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. II. 1917' [353] (362/542)
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 21 a, b
353
EOUTE 21 b
%
BAGHDAD—NEJEP (97| m.)
Via Hilla
Authorities : —Lorimer, Gazetteer of the Persia 1908 (Report of December 1905);
Military Report on Region between Bag 1911 (Report of
1903); and other information.
This is an unmade road, but is fit for driving as far as
Hilla. The route follows the Kerbela road to m. 29. From Hilla
to Nejef there was, in 1903, a path for pack animals only. As
far as Hilla the greater part of the route passes through countiy
which, although cultivable, is for the most part desert, with scanty
grazing. There are a few scattered permanent villages surrounded
by areas cultivated at flood time, when there is water carried in
those canals still in good order. From the ruins of Babylon (m. 56)
to Hilla the route runs through cultivation and vast date plantations.
The construction of the Hindiyeh Barrage may have already improved
the character of the country for some miles to the N. of Babylon.
As far as Hilla water is plentiful throughout, and there is good camel
grazing. Firewood is abundant, but practically no other supplies are
obtainable. A double line of telegraph runs from Baghdad to Hilla.
S. of Hilla the road, after passing through an area impoverished,
till recently at least, by the drying up of the Hilla Branch of the
Euphrates, runs through country which in 1903 was inundated for a
great part of the year, the area and depth of the inundations varying
with each annual flood. For the last 7 miles the route runs over
sand and gravel. These conditions may have been modified by the
Hindiyeh Barrage. Water on this part of the route was, in 1903,
described as abundant; fuel and fodder were not scarce, and it was
thought that large quantities of live stock and grain could always be
collected.
Miles from
The route leaves Baghdad by the Baghdad—Kerbela road
(see Boufe 21 a).
The route diverges gradually to the 1. from the Baghdad—
Kerbela—Nejef route 2-4 m. S. of Khan el-EIr, and
begins to run slightly E. of S.
MES. II 2
Bag-lidad
o
29
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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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