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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [79] (88/432)
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 LESSEE ZAB—EOUTE III F
79
the plain is bounded by the Jebel Hamrln: to the N, the Qara-
chok Dagh is visible from a great distance. The undulations
gradually become more frequent as the river is followed up-stream,
and between the neighbourhood of Shamagheh and Altun Koprii
(m. 74) the Zab flows in an open valley between low, bare hill-ranges.
Above Altun Koprti as far as Taktak the valley remains fairly open,
though the hills gradually increase in height.
In the plains below Altun Kopru there are a number of scattered
settlements on the banks, mostly small villages or encampments of
semi-nomad Jebur, who cultivate the soil here and there, chiefly for
millet and melons; in places cherrads are used. In 1892 Jaif was
said to be the first Kurdish village passed on the up-stream journey.
From about that point onwards the inhabitants of the banks are
Kurds and Turkomans. When the hills are reached the country
becomes better watered, and the Zab between the neighbourhood of
Altun Koprii and Taktak receives a number of tributaries, most of
which, however, appear to be nearly or quite dry by the early
autumn.
There appears to be no serious obstacles to movement along the
banks of the Zab up to Altun Kopru, but no appreciable amount of
supplies or fuel could be found, and grazing could be expected only
in spring. Water is probably very scarce away from the river. (For
the road from Altun Koprtl to Taktak, see lioute 40.)
Low conglomerate cliffs.
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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
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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