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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [148] (157/432)
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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148
LAND EOUTES
Miles from
Baglidaci
72
73
76
portion of the defile is also very difficult, and is reported to
be probably quite impracticable when the Diyaleh is in flood.
At the N. end of the defile the course of the Diyaleh River as
one goes up-stream, turns in a NE. direction, and at this
point it is joined by the Nahrin Su, which flows from the
NNW. along the foot of the NE. side of the Hamrin Hills.
Qizil Eibat lies about v 9 m. NNE. of Mansuriyeh beyond the
Hamrin range, on the 1. bank of the Diyaleh Eiver and on
the Baghdad—Khanikin road (see 28 a, m. 75). The
section of this route lying between Qizil Eibat and Shahraban
passes 2 or 3 m. to the E. of Mansuriyeh.
Mileage below calculated from Eoute (ii) to Delli 'Abbas.
The Mosul route takes a northerly direction from Delli
'Abbas over slightly undulating desert. To W. is a marshy
stream flowing to join the Khalis Canal near Delli Abbas.
To E. the Jebel Hamrln appears about 4 m. distant.
The T. L. takes same general direction as the route, but
apparently runs some distance W. of the usual track.
The ground is boggy in places owing to a broken water-
cut.
Cross dry nullah.
Cross line of small hillocks.
Enter a valley in red sandstone hills called Jebel Hamrin,
which close in. Ascent gradual. The ground near the
road is very broken, conforming in this to the general
character of this side of the Hamrln Hills.
Sharp bend in valley,
Qishlaq. Suhaniyeh, fortified police post in ruins in 1903.
(In 1910 there was a police post hereabouts, said to be
m. from Delli c Abbas, containing 15 men : it had one
well.)
Small stream, slightly brackish but drinkable. Only a few
inches of water in January 1903, Ravine 20 yds. wide,
20 ft. deep, with a pebbly bottom. Boundary between
Baghdad and Mosul Vilayets runs in the neighbourhood.
An authority states that between this point and the highest
ridge about 5 m, distant lies a series of small parallel
crests rising to a height of 30-35 ft, above Suhaniyeh at
intervals of 175-250 yds. Another authority says that
the hillocks rise to not more than 200 ft. above the
track.
For the next 5 m, the route winds among the undulating
spurs of the Jebel Hamrln till the summit of the pass,
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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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