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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [106] (115/432)
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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106
EIVER ROUTES
Right Bank
river by steamers for a distance of 12 m. Its upper end
is just below the island of Hadlseh, some 9 miles above
Alus. The current at the ledge of Fatihat Khidhr Ilyas
races down at 12 m.p.h. with a fall of 1 ft. in 4 yds.
(Jan.-Feb. 1903). Consequently powerful boats would be
required to do the up-stream journey. Towing would seem
to be hardly possible, inasmuch as the river at the ledge is 500
yds. broad, and the channel there is in mid-stream. The
ledge, when the water is high, is not so great an obstacle, but
at all times it is dangerous, and is so considered by the boat
men, who vow a sheep to the prophet Elias if a safe descent
is made.
Between Fatihat Khidhr Ilyas and Hadlseh the current is
about 7 m.p.h.: the dams of the are troublesome to
navigation.
The small islands between Haji and Hadlseh are inhabited.
Small islands.
Mouth of
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Padiyeh..
Abu Said Island, one of the many small islands in this
stretch.
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Hajlan, with sulphurous springs near the mouth.
Jafidi village.
Beui Daghir village. Island immediately above.
c Ali e Awis village, with palm-trees, an,l an island close to
the bank in front of it.
Hadiseh or Haditheh. Island and village. For navigation
see opposite.
Hadlseh Island is 1 m. long and 200 yds. broad. There
is a big village in the middle of it. The village has
a defensible wall washed by the river and stands on high
ground. Half-way up the island are the ruined piers of
a bridge, very difficult to pass, with one narrow channel
close under a flour-mill (1903) on the E. shore of the island.
To the right of the bridge are two conspicuous saints' tombs
some way from the water. At the upper end of the island
is a ruined castle. There are magnificent date-groves in the
vicinity.
The people spin wool and cotton and weave cloth.
A flood in 1888 destroyed the barracks, and a farm-house
Total
distance
Miles
59|
60
61
62
62i
63i
65
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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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