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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [102] (111/432)
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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102
E1VER ROUTES
Ehn'bbaz, joins the river. The water is bitter, as is another
small stream 10 min. ride farther on, at which animals will
not drink.
Qasr Eeit Aiyub, fort on river. Its position on a pro
montory would appear to command the reach below to the
top of Filuwi Island.
Imam Sheikh Sa'di, Moslem shrine.
Munakhireh Qasr, fort.
Beit Sa'adeh, village.
El-Qasr, fort.
Jerifeh Island, If m. long and very narrow, near r.
bank.
El-'Aliyeh, small village. Opposite here are bad rapids
between two naurs, with a rock in the middle.
Gharraf or Elkaraf Island,
Baghdadiyeh village, standing a little back from the
river.
At Baghdadiyeh Fahd Bey of the Amarat owns some pro
perty and has planted a palm garden,
Nawas Islands, very small, near r. bank. In Jan.-Feb.
1903 the speed of the stream, which had been about 2 m.p.h.,
increased to 4 m.p.h.
Khan Eaghdadiyeh. A khan was being built here in
1908. There is no village, the inhabitants dwelling in caves
in the precipitous sides (200 ft.) of a gorge which runs back
into the plateau. This cave-dwelling is a marked feature in
the gorges of the bluffs from here up to Hadlseh ; no houses
are seen on the bluffs.
Jibbeh fort. Zaptieh post near the river, E. of road. See
p. 17 on route to Damascus
Jibbeh Island, with large village near S. end. Ferry.
From here up to Hadlseh a few palm gardens are passed.
Past the island the channel went to the r. in 1903.
Total
distance
Miles
qi
101
114
m
14|
15|
16
20
21
27
28
30
31i
321
331
34
37
38
401
r
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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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