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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [130] (139/432)
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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130
EIVER ROUTES
Bight Bank
is apparently much the shorter. There is no evidence as to
which is the better channel. Distances given below are
calculated by the r.-bank channel.
Tabus, ruins and caves. Rising ground close to the river.
Tabus is on a high bluff overlooking a naturally fertile
plain. On W. side it is protected by a deep cut in the rock.
Mutlim ford, mentioned in 1840.
Mouth of
wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
. Here in 1908 the river bent E. for
l-i mthen N. for 3 m., and then W. Across the promontory
formed by this bend water appears to flow at some seasons,
forming the island of Buweitir.
Tureif, with two small islands opposite (1908). A military
post with a khan. No supplies ; grass in April plentiful,
also fuel. The banks of the river were found to be 25 ft.
sheer height in April 1907.
Island.
Island.
Tibni ruins and village. Trees along the bank. Above
is a large island.
Qal'ah. fort opposite the upper end of the island mentioned
under Tibni above.
For about 6^ m. above this point the river flows through
a range of hills, running from "WSW. to ENE., called El-
Hammar, or (on the r. bank) El-Bishr. These hills (300-
500 ft. high) are of basalt overlying gypsum.
Halebiyeh, ruins of a Palmyrene fortress, with Tel
Eulelbeh Hama hill 2| m. W. of it.
Halebi Chelebi defile. The hills, 300 to 500 ft. high,
close in on the river-bank. The narrowest part of the defile
lies at its northern end above the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
el-Melih. Through
the gorge the river contracts to 70 yds. with a depth of 7 ft.,
and a current running at 4 m.p.h. in Jan.-Feb. 1903.
Half-way up the gorge a small island was reported in 1903:
Total
distance
Miles
17^
244
31i
34
39
391
41
43|
441
46
47
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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)
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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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