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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [58] (67/432)
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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58
KIVER ROUTES
Bight Bank distance
Miles
tion till it ends apparently about T 10 m. away. The main
ridge of the Jebel Hamrln, which lies to SW.'of the Jehel
Khanuqah and is separated from that range by ihe valley
of the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Jahannam, apparently takes a WNW. direction
from this point, the valley between the ranges gradually
widening.
About 2 m. W. of the river-bend the Samarra—Mosul road
crosses the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Jahannam, and, running NE., ascends
diagonally to the summit of the Jebel Khanuqah (where
the track becomes difficult for wheels), whence it runs in
a general NE. direction down the northern slope and across
the plain for about 3 m. to Qal'ah Sherghat.
The plain, which begins on r. bank of river above the
bend, is naturally fertile and contains cultivation (irrigated
by cuts from river) and spring pasturage. The neighbour
hood is the property of the Da'irdtcs-Sanl/jcli. The cliffs on
the r. bank gradually decrease in height till they end as low
bluffs a short distance below Qal'ah Sherghat.
Eiver bends N., and some way above this point breaks up 104
into several channels enclosing a group of islands extending
for some distance upstream. In 1898 the Tigris flowed in
three main arms opposite Qal'ah Sherghat (see m. 109). Of
these the middle arm apparently joined the western at its
lower end a short distance below the southern extremity of
the ruin-field, and the eastern arm met the rest of the stream
somewhat still farther to the south.
Qal'ah Sherghat. A large tel, about 150 ft. high, with 109
a circumference of 4,685 yds. The sides are steep and much
broken. On the east it rises abruptly from the river, and on
the landward sides its base is marked off from the surrounding
plain by a broad trench. The northern end is the highest
point of the tel, where it is crowned by a conspicuous mound
shaped like a truncated cone. Near this mound is a Turkish
guard-house.
The tel is the site of the citadel of the ancient Assyrian
Asshur, and on it stood a royal palace and several temples.
The mound at the N. end marks the site of the temple of
the god Asshur. The hill is still covered with large frag-
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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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