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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [154] (163/432)
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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154
LAND KOUTES
Miles from
Baghdad
1464
1474
149^
150i
151
maps near the town on the 1. bank of the Aq Su under
the Neft Dagh. It seems possible that this is due to
a confusion with the Abu Sarkal springs. From a
spring S. of the town salt is obtained by evaporation.
The working of the salt-pans is Grovernment property.
In 1909, 400,000 kilos of salt were taken; and the
selling rate was approximately equal to Id. per 100
kilos.
The inhabitants are for the most part Turks, with some
twenty households of Jews. The place is the centre
of a nahiye under a Mudir, and there has been usually
a Turkish military post of about 200 men.
On leaving Tuz, the route takes a NW. direction (320°),
crosses two small nullahs, passes some gardens, and for
the first 2^ m. runs through a little cultivation. The hills
to the r. are rather lower. The Adheim Eiver, bordered
by a great belt of swamp which is flooded in spring, is
about 7-8 m. to SW., beyond which the Hamrln Hills are
visible. The road is on the whole level and good going
as far as Dahuk.
Two villages on the plain are passed (1903).
Road here is rising. The hills to the r. converge towards
the road and die away; but mounds continue near the
_ road for 3 m. farther.
A1 Bu Sabah village (200 houses of Da'udiyeh Kurds)
2-3 m. SW. by W. of this point. A path crosses the
road leading from this village to the Da'udiyeh settle
ment to the E. near the Aq Su, mentioned under
m.125.
Other villages are reported to be visible in the plain to
the W.
Eoad reaches highest point of the gradual slope which it
has been ascending for some miles.
Mound on r. of road.
Quru Chai, water-course running SW. from the hills on
the NE. to the Adheim Eiver, which it joins 9| m.
SSW. The Quru Chai is rarely a continuous stream,
but rain or melting snow may convert it into a torrent
presenting a serious obstacle at least for a few hours.
In general character it is similar to the Aq Su. It has
a pebbly bed 300 yds. wide, and there was a pool \ m.
up-stream from this point in January 1908, while there
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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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