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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [39] (48/432)
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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I j W s /
THE TIGEIS—EOUTES HID, E
89
Inter
mediate
distance
Miles
Some distance above the tower is an opening in the bank
marking head of an ancient canal (Nahr Talsiyeh ?).
Euin-fields extending up to Samarra. The river is here
reported to contain several small rapids, probably due to
outcrops of rock in the river-bed.
Ford in low-water season.
Samarra Boat-bridge.
The river here varies in breadth from 370 to 460 yds.,
according to the season. Its current in mean water is 3 m.
an hour. Its depth is considerable: reliable details on this
point are lacking. The 1. bank is high (60-80 ft. above the
river in l.w.), and shuts off the view of the town from the
Tigris. The r. bank is said to be about 30 ft. high and
steep. The banks and river bottom are mainly firm
earth, with some sand (mostly on r. bank) and a few
stones.
Samarra and 120 miles from Mosul, by the Jebel Hamrin, a range of
rugged heights rising to 300-500 ft., through which the river forces
its way after running for some distance along the NW. side of the
hills. The Tigris flows over a bed mainly of shingle, with outcrops
of rock. The river frequently breaks up into two or more channels,
p Opplf enclosing low islands often overgrown with tamarisk and other
ritiesscrub. These islands are specially numerous between Mosul and
the mouth of the Great Zab. The rocks in the river-bed are often
^'verT and stand up out of the water or are barely covered by it.
'iih*# hedges of shingle, stretching across the channels between islands
clevil"* <ind the banks, and forming rapids, are common. Where it flows
in a single channel, the river is in the flood season generally
400-550 yds. broad from Samarra up to the neighbourhood of the
, 'MGreat Zab, where it is said to narrow to 200-250 yds. In l,w, its
trisf breadth in places may decrease considerably (see, e, g., m, 31, under
Ttl i- The current varies considerably according to the width and
ffl li ^ ie 1 ^ ver > an d the time of year. Depths also are very variable
|e'' 11 ^ See ^ )e ^ ow im< ^ er Navigation). For the two great tributaries, the
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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)
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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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