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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [119] (128/432)
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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THE EUPHRATES—EOUTE IV G 119
Totsl
Inter
mediate
distance
Miles
2
1
1
2
24
14
11
2
7^
' 2
4^
2
6^
2
Left Bank
Channel follows 1. bank.
Shehadi I.
Channel in 1903 followed 1. bank.
Chedish Islands.
Large island at S. end of a loop in the river: channel by
1. bank (1903)^
Qal'at Bu Agha, fort, .
Qal'at Bulaq or Retajeh, small square ruined tort ot sun-
dried brick with round towers at the angles, on a precipitous
knoll which the river is undermining.
Channel in 1903 followed 1. bank.
Jabariyeh ruins, no settled habitation. m. is
the Imam Sultan 'Abdallah tomb.
Ealijeh, cultivated ground on the 1. bank, belonging to
tlio JGrE if.
Nammaleh I. and two other islands extending in all 3 m.
around a sharp bend. Channel followed r. bank in 1903. ^
The district from this bend to Ardhi (12 m. farther on) is
known as the Qa at ed-Dilaim (Dilaim Arabs), and is barren
save for thickets of tamarisk, though frequent traces ot canals
show that it was once under cultivation.
Two ruined piers of a bridge in mid-stream.
The river-bed here changes from rock to gravel and mud,
and navigation becomes easier.
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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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