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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [92] (101/432)
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 EUPHRATES
Authorities :—Dobbs, Report on the Navigation of the Euphrates from Birijik to Fellujeh
(1903) ; Sarre and Herzfeld, Archdologische Reise im EuphraU und Tigris-
Gehiet (a journey of 1908); tbe authorities cited for Routes 46 and 47 ; other
sources of information.
GENERAL INTEODUCTION ON THE EIVEE BETWEEN
EELLtJJEH AND MESKENEH
Details must be sought in the river itinerary. The evidence
there given, however, does not represent the 1. w. conditions, the
journey on the report of which they are based (Dobbs) having been
undertaken in January, when the Euphrates was swollen by un
usually heavy winter rains, the effect of which was observable as
far as Deir-ez-Zor. From -there to Fellujeh the conditions may be
regarded as normal for the winter months (during Dobbs's journey
the river in this section was somewhat below normal winter level).
The narrowest part of the river is in the Halebi Chelebi defile (see
Boute IV H, m. 47).
The River. —The breadth of the river on this stretch is generally
200-500 yds. In Jan., 1903, when the river above Deir was higher
than is usual at this time of year, depths were found ranging from
4 to 12 ft. The current varied from 2 m.p.h. to 12 m.p.h. (at
Fatihat: Boute IV F, m. 58^). In several places it ran at 7 m.
an hour in two or more channels enclosing low islands. Above Hit
the river contains a number of rapids caused by ledges of rock or
broken masonry bridges. Banks of shingle or sand are also found.
In the 1. w. season there are probably fords at several places on this
part of the river, but there is no recent information with regard to their
position. The bed from Fellujeh to Hit is alluvial soil. Above Hit
it is shingle, sand, or mud, with outcrops of rock up to El-Qa'im.
Navigation. —It was reported in 1903 that in the months of April,
May, June, and July, when the river is full, the descent of the river
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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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