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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [147] (156/432)
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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ROUTE 25 a
147
Miles from
Baghdad
58
62
67
Pass Abur on the r., 60 houses with mud walls : much
cultivation irrigated by water-cuts to 1. of road.
A few water-lifts along the Khalis Canal.
Imam Seyyid Mohammed. Canal and road bend to E.
Belli 'Abbas. A village on the Khalis Canal near the
Jebel Hamrln. 300 houses (1903) with some fruit
gardens. Zaptieh post and garrison of about 600 men.
In 1903 it was reported that there was here a brick
bridge with three arches over the canal in good repair,
carrying an 11-ft. roadway passable for guns. In 1910
the bridge was reported to be 45 ft. long with two arches,
one of stone, the other of wood. The Khalis Canal is
variously given as 60 yds. and 60 ft. broad. It is 8 ft.
deep. Telegraph in 1903 reported as not passing
through village.
Supplies plentiful for small caravans. Water abundant
for any number from Khalis; good grazing and fuel.
200 horses and 100 donkeys obtainable in normal times.
Routes from Delli 'Abbas—
1. To Baqutoeh and Baghdad by r. bank of the Diyaleli Eiver.
See Route (i) above.
2. To Qarfeh (about Y 18 m. to WNW.). No details available. See
m. 36|.
3. To Mansuriyeh. (7 m.).
This route leaves Delli 'Abbas in an easterly direction, running
along the foot of the JeTbel Hamrin and on the r. bank
of the Khalis Canal.
At m. 21, lake on the farther side of the Khalis Canal. The
Diyaleh flows through this lake, leaving it about 2 m. to
the S.
At m. 5 Mansuriyeh el-Jebel village on the slope of the
Hamrin Hills. Route bends ESE.
At m. 5| turn S., and cross the Khalis Canal about \ m. W.
of the place where it takes off from r. bank of Diyaleh.
At m. 6| cross upper end of lake, near the place where the
Diyaleh River enters it from the NE.
At m. 7 Mansuriyeh m. W. of this village is the head of
the Khorasan Canal which flows in a SW. direction to
Baqubeh, watering the country on the SE. of the Diyaleh
River).
About 1 m. N. of Mansuriyeh the Diyaleh issues from a narrow
defile through the Hamrin range, which extends for about
^6 m. to the N. There is no frequented route through the
defile, the most southern part of which is described as quite
impassable for about m. There appears to be a track
turning this part of the defile to the W. : but no information
with regard to its practicability is available. The central
K 2
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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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