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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [22] (31/432)
The record is made up of 1 volume (214 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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22
RIVER ROUTES
The country between the lineBeled—Sindiyeh —From
the neighbourhood of Beled up to Samarra the Tigris cuts a trench
through undulating plains of clay, shingle, and sand with scattered
outcrops of limestone. These plains stretch away from the 1. bank to
the Hamrln Hills some 40 m. to the NE., and extend from the r. bank
to the edge of the desert plateau. On the r. bank the most noticeable
feature is the complicated network of canals (mostly dry or almost
dry) which stretch W. and NW. of Beled to the mouth of the
Dujeil, above which an old canal-bed (Nahr Shaqi ?) runs parallel
with the river (see m. 81^). On the 1. bank are the beds of the
large ancient canals of the Nahrawan system (Nahr er-Rasasi,
Nahr el-Qa'im, and Nahr Talsiyeh) with the remains of numerous
cross-cuttings : and in the neighbourhood of Samarra (see m. 83^)
appear the numerous ruins which for the most part date from the
ninth century a.d ., during which that city was the capital of the
Caliphate. The banks are sparsely inhabited, but there are patches
of cultivation near them mostly dependent on rain, and in the plain
between Samarra and the 'Adheim winter crops are raised by the
Arabs with the aid of ancient wells. Sheep and cattle are fairly
numerous.
Inhabitants. —The inhabitants of both banks are settled Arabs of
various tribes, though some of their communities still live in tents
for the whole of the year or during the summer. Near Baghdad the
land is held by various wealthy landowners : on the Dujeil and
round Samarra it is mostly Turkish Government property. On the
Right Bank
Baghdad.
Date plantations.
Kazimain (see under Baghdad in
vol. ii).
River bends NNE. Baghdad—Samarra road touches
bank, and W. of it is the line of the railway. Beyond
railway begins course of ancient canal, which runs parallel
to railway for some miles to neighbourhood of Beit
Nawab
An honorific title; an official acting as a provincial deputy ruler in South Asia; or a significant Muslim landowner in nineteenth century India.
,
then NW. (So I. D. Map, Sheet 02.)
Hibneh village.
Total
distance
Miles
o
2
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This volume is A Handbook of Mesopotamia, Volume III, Central Mesopotamia with Sourthern Kurdistan and the Syrian Desert (Admiralty War Staff Intelligence Division, January, 1917), covering the Tigris and Euphrates from Baghdad and Fellūjeh [Fallujah] to Mosul and Meskeneh [Maskanah], the Lesser Zāb, the country east of the Tigris towards the Persian frontier, and the routes running westward from the Euphrates valley across the Syrian Desert. 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. This volume was supplemented with corrections and additions in June 1918 (see IOR/L/MIL/17/15/41/5).
The volume includes a note on confidentiality, a title page, 'Note', 'Abbreviations'. There is a page of 'Contents' which includes the following sections:
- Introduction;
- River Routes (The Tigris and the Lesser Zāb, The Euphrates);
- Land Routes (The Tigris Valley with Region to East, The Euphrates Valley, Connexions between Tigris and Euphrates Valleys, The Syrian Desert);
- Gazetteer of Towns;
- Bibliographical Note;
- Transliteration of Names;
- Glossary;
- Appendix;
- Index;
- 'Sketch Map of Routes', which includes 'City Map of Baghdad' (f. 212) and 'Mesopotamia: Outline Map Showing Routes, Volume III' contained in a pocket.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (214 folios)
- Arrangement
This volume is arranged according to numbered routes. There is a page of contents and an alphabetical index. There are two maps housed in a pocket.
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Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover and terminates at the inside back cover; 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 each folio (except for the front cover, where the folio number is located on the verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. ).
Pagination: The volume also has an original printed pagination sequence.
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- 'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917'
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