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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [74] (83/432)
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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74
EIVEK ROUTES
/
Right Bank
6 ft. of water below^ and dry at the head. To open a passage
for steamers this might be deepened and the body of the
water diverted down it, or else the dam removed by
dynamite. The bed being loose shingle, the former, pro
bably, would be the quickest if a sufficient number of men
were at hand.') Hills close to the r. bank.
Juheineh village, 100 houses of Jebur.
Ford, passable in 1. w. season.
Salahiyeh village, 30 houses of Jebur.
Hammam c Ali baths and villages. One village lies W.
by N. at 300 yds. from the landing-place ; the other N. by
W. at 500 yds. In the latter are seven or eight shops and 20
permanent houses. The place is famous for its hot springs
and sulphur baths. The baths lie some way inland near
a group of ruin mounds, one of which, called Tel es-Sabi,
is about 100 ft. high. There are two sulphur springs, walled
in and covered with cupolas; the temperature is said to be
4:7 0 -48 0 C. The water is of a dirty green colour, has
a bituminous scum floating on the surface, and smells
strongly of sulphur. From the middle of June to middle
of September the baths are visited by about 10,000 patients,
who come from as far as Zakho in the N., Kirkuk and
Suleimaniyeh on the E., and Baghdad on the S. The visitors
live in mud huts and temporary wooden shelters. Other
springs in the neighbourhood yield petroleum and bitumen.
The Baghdad—Mosul route passes through Hammam
'Ali.
Plain near river bank. It belongs to the Ua'irat es-Samyeh
and is crossed by the Baghdad—Mosul route.
Islands on both sides of the channel.
Qabr el-Abd village, 13 houses of Jebur. Island near
r. bank.
Arej village, 70 houses of Jebur, 1 m. inland. The hills
Total
distance
Miles
164
165
166
1671
1681
169i
171
171i
1721
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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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