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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [33] (42/432)
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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THE TIGEIS—EOUTE HID
33
Left Bank
course of which can still be traced, running to the hills,
gradually nearing the Shatt el- c Adheim, which it meets at
the dam, and along it are ruins of the settlements which it
brought into existence. The other arm (Nahr Kadhan ?)
ran to the E. of the present course of the 'Adheim, but does
not seem to have been traced from the dam for more than
10 m.
General Note on the NaJirawan Canal.
The lower part of the dry Nahrawan Canal is traceable on the 1.
bank of the Tigris below Kut el-Amara and Azlziyeh. For its course
thence to the Diyaleh see vol. ii. It reaches the 1. bank of that river
near Sifweh. {Route 31, m. 23|) and follows it to BaqSbeli (23 m.),
crossing to r. bank below Bahriz. Above Baqubeh it turns NW. to
the Tigris (15 m.), its bed being broken by branches of the Khalis
Canal. Striking the 1. bank a little above Sindiyeh (m. 49, above) it
follows it more or less closely as far as the 'Adheim and Khan
DhulxTiyeh as described in the preceding paragraphs. Its bed thus
far is 100-140 yds. wide, and at the { Adheim it is 20 ft. below the
surface-level. Above the Khan the main canal, diverging from the
river as described above (p. 31), is almost obliterated. Deep cuts
interrupt its bed, which is on the level of the plain. About 10 m.
below Samarra it begins to be better marked, through marl, though
the banks are low and not abrupt. E. of Samarra soil becomes pebbly ;
banks about 30 yds. thick ; canal approaches river. About 8 m. above
Samarra compact conglomerate is reached, through which canal is
cut with steep banks; galleries sloping up them from the bed to the
surface for the removal of excavated material may be traced. The
bed is below the general level, and banks 15 ft. above it and 15 yds.
thick. Below Dur traces of a head of the canal are seen {Route III E,
m. 17|), but an upper branch (Nahr en-Neifeh) is traceable nearly to
the Hamrin Hills {Uoute III E, m, 56).
Ford across channels on both sides of island
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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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