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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [150] (159/432)
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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LAND ROUTES
Qara Tepeh is visible, lying about N. by E. from Nahrln
Koprii, but cannot be reached directly owing to swamps.
Route goes N. from the bridge.
Route bears easterly to—
Qara Tepeh, about 300 houses on the SW. slope of the
Kufri Dagh. Seat of a Mudir and mptieh post (100
men in 1910). Several gardens on the E. side of the
village. More Shiahs than Sunnis among the inhabi
tants. One khan (100 x 50 yds.) in good repair (1903)
and stabling for 200 horses. The building is of solid
brick. Large well-built granary, in the shape of a khan,
to the r. Supplies plentiful for small caravans. Sheep
and goats obtainable. Good grazing and fuel. Abundant
water from wells.
Vineyards beyond Qara Tepeh.
Numerous streams in this neighbourhood, gravelly downs
with plenty of grazing between Qara Tepeh and Kufri. >
Numerous flocks of sheep in winter and spring.
Track leaves Qara Tepeh, going about NNE. and ascending
rolling downs.
Cross an irrigation canal, 14 ft. wide, 2 ft. deep (January
1903). Broken brick bridge.
Direction about NE. by E. (60°).
Top of downs.
Track goes about N. by E.
Ghemen Koprii : brick bridge of six arches in good repair
(January, 1903) over a stream flowing W. (Another
account, of 1910, gives five arches.) In January 1903
the water was 18 yds. wide, muddy and sluggish, flowing
among reeds. Country in neighbourhood of track between
this point and Kufri is well cultivated.
Cross a stream flowing SW. to join the Kufri Su. It has
little water except in spring. Remains of a brick bridge
with only two centre arches standing. The r. bank is
steep, the 1. sloping. Banks would need to be repaired
for guns. After much rain a bridge would be necessary :
no materials locally available. The bed is 80 yds.
wide.
Cross some broken ground, with small ravines, on leaving
the stream. Then across a wide plain of soft sandy
loam, with much cultivation on both sides. Several
villages of about 50 houses each.
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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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