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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [98] (107/432)
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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98
EIVER ROUTES
Bight Bank
to native craft is raised. The country between Fellujeh and
the lake has been reported easy for motor lorries: difficulties,
however, are certain to be met with in the h. w. season.
Even through the cultivated land road-making would not be
difficult. It has been proposed to make Lake Habbaniyeh
into a storage reservoir, supplied by an escape canal from
the river near Ramadiyeh, and discharged through an outlet
canal running E. through the desert tableland E. of the
lake. The canal has been cut, but the water is not yet let
in, the outlet canal having not yet been constructed. (See
m. 39^.)
Creek.
The Baghdad—Aleppo caravan route here crosses the head
of the new canal leading to the Habbaniyeh Lake, and a pro
minent object on the N. side of the canal is the newly built
engineer's house.
Kamadiyeli. Alt. 158 ft. 400-500 houses. P.O., T.O.
Kamadiyeh is a modern village standing on slightly
elevated ground about f m. from the river. It is the seat of
a kaimmakam and a zaptieh post. It has several brick khans
(one of them large enough to accommodate 50 men and
horses), a big square, a bazaar, and a minaret. There are
date-palms in clumps ^ m. apart on r. bank only. The land
on both sides of the river is low and frequently flooded. The
Jezlreh side is quite flat, and the plateau of the Syrian
Desert is low, while the village is surrounded by cultivation.
On 1. bank a little below the village are mud ruins. The
country round has been seen white with snow (Feb. 8).
The chief sheikh of the Dilaim, Ali Suleiman, has a house
and palm garden at Kamadiyeh.
There is a considerable amount of cultivation round about,
with some date-palms. Water-supply from wells and river.
The place is the head-quarters of a small garrison—
infantry and cavalry.
There is a local civil official.
Et-Tash (Azeziyeh.) Canal, which carries flood water from
river to Habbaniyeh Lake, It irrigates the flood lands of
Et-Tash,, near the lake, which are cultivated by the Dilaim.
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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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