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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [52] (61/432)
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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52
RIVEE ROUTES
and Umm el-Laqlaq is a broad island^ called Shereimiyeh.
The river here is nearly 1 m. in width from bank to bank.
Above Shereimiyeh the Jebel Hamrin, here a low line of
rocky hills approaching the 1. bank from the SE., is traversed
by the Tigris through the Pet-hah. gorge, in which the hills
rise sheer from the stream, leaving no space for a path.
JST. of the gorge the hills continue close along the r. bank to
a point about r 5m. S. of Qal'ah Sherghat. The Mosul route
therefore leaves the river at Shereimiyeh in a NW. direction,
skirting the western side of the Hamrin Hills, and does not
rejoin the river until Qal'ah Sherghat.
The land in this neighbourhood is called ^Sofeiriyeh.
The Hamrin Hills rise from the river bank, forming with
their continuation on the 1. bank the southern end of the
Fet-hah gorge.
KB.—The position of rocks and rapids, which are frequent
between this point and Qal'ah Sherghat, could not be deter
mined with exactitude owing to discrepancies in the available
evidence. Above the Suweir rapid (see opposite) extends
for about 3 miles a group of islands called Khandida^ lying
towards r. bank.
Total
distance
Hamrin Hills continue close along river on r. bank, much
cut up by ravines.
Isolated rock in the stream 15 yds. from r. bank near
this point (1892).
69i
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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.
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- 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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