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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [112] (121/432)
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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KIVER ROUTES
c Askar Island. From c Askar Island up to Habbein Gharbi
(m. 108^) the current runs about 4 m.p.h.
Khan Feheimeh (Fahami) village and guard-house. The
zaptieh post is an enclosure with sides 100 ft. long, overlooking
river from the high sloping bank. Good grazing all round.
Island opposite, covered with bushes. The village is on the
river bank with the road immediately behind. In front of or
near the barracks is a
wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
. At its junction with the river
is a swamp difficult to cross, where animals may get badly
bogged.
The Zawlyeh Arabs are seen about here. They had (1907)
a fortified house on an island m. below Feheimeh.
Jebel el-Ehiyam, at some distance to W.
Sariyafi or Eozar Island and village, near the bank.
Channel in 1903 followed 1. bank. Just above the island are
the Bajan rocks in mid-stream.
El-Waladiyeh Island.
Here are rocks showing up in mid-stream. From here up
to Tablls I. current is 2 m.p.h. (Jan.-Feb. 1903), except
at a few naurs. Navigation is said to present no difficulties.
Tablis Island, almost uninhabited and with ruined fortifi
cations still visible, is near r. bank.
Bishkireh. or El-Eanni Rapids. Navigation difficult, but
there is an artificially deepened channel 40 yards from r.
bank. From here to the ruins of Ardeshlr bridge, just below
Anah, the current runs 5J m.p.h. and navigation is difficult.
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Jedideli joins river.
Jumeileh village in palm-trees, between river and road.
Qasr 'Abdallah fort stands 1 m. back from river. The low
ground between the river and the desert plateau grows nar
rower as Anah is approached, and is not more than 200 yards
wide on the Syrian side and less on Mesopotamia!! side.
Anah. The town extends for several miles along the
river bank.
Ardeshir (or Iinbbad) Island, small, in mid-stream. On
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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.
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- 1 volume (214 folios)
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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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