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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [32] (41/432)
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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32 RIVER ROUTES
Right Bank
'Ausajeh. district.
Camp of 'Azzeh Arabs (May 1910).
El-Habbab : walled camp of 'Azzeh or 'Obeid Arabs.
A tract occupied by Abu Handbal Arabs.
ISs-Sefineh : square enclosure where the Turkish authori
ties receive and store agricultural rents paid in kind.
Baniyeh village ? S. of this point begin traces of ancient
canal running SW. and SSE. for m.
Upper entrance of old Tigris bed ? Other authorities place
it opposite Khan Mizraqji (see m. 76|). About m. W.
by S. of bend lies the mosque of Seyyid Mohammed, with
large khan close to it, and 4-6 m. W. of bend is Beled
village with date gardens, a flourishing place, the property
of the Da'irat es-Sanlyeh. Its palm-groves are the most
northerly that occur in the region of the Tigris. There is
a railway station of Beled. The village is apparently visible
from the river at a point somewhat higher up.
In this neighbourhood Harbeh Canal takes off from the
r. bank and runs SE. past Beled ; it is crossed by a bridge
carrying the Baghdad—Samarra road, about 6 m. from
river.
River above this point apparently broadens out and
breaks into several channels enclosing and passing between
numerous islands, which are liable to considerable altera
tions due to annual floods.
Eaheirdeh I., near r. bank.
There is a ford in this neighbourhood in l.w. leading across
Baheirdeh Island (at its lower end ?) to the Ba'rureh tract on
1. bank. Pebbly bottom.
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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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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1:422, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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