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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [114] (123/432)
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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114
RIVER ROUTES
Bight Bank
it are a ruined castle and an early Islamic minaret 10 stories
high, and also 30 houses. The island was connected with
both banks by bridges, which are now ruined. Their piers,
especially on the 1., are an obstacle to navigation. The
channel follows r. bank. Fishing-nets are let down between
the piers.
From m. below Kerableh Island (see Itoute IV Gr, m. 2)
the current runs 7 m.p.h. the whole length of the town.
The channel going up-stream passes between the piers of
Ardeshlr bridge near r. bank. It then curves to the 1. and
keeps the chain of islands between it and the town. From
the island of Ardeshlr up to the head of Kerableh. Island
is an artificial channel constructed for the Turkish steamers
in 1870, one of which was afterwards wrecked close to
Ardeshlr bridge.
Middle of Anah town. For navigation past the upper end
of Anah. town see Itoute IV Gr.
KOUTE IV G
ANAH—DEIR EZ-ZOR (192 m.)
The distances which follow are taken from the middle of
Anah, but the town straggles along the bank, above this
point, for 1-| m. or more. Rawa is opposite the upper end
of Anah.
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Rawa, a deep gorge, joins the river.
Bahaleh. Rapids, passing Eerableli I. Here the navigation
is extremely difficult. Chesney says that the ledge of
Kerableh was considered the greatest difficulty for boats
throughout the navigation of the Euphrates from Birijik to
Basra, and this statement is supported by observation in
1903. Below the island is the upper end of the artificially
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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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