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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [155] (164/432)
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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EOUTE 25a
155
Miles from
Baghdad
were several pools in the neighbourhood in April 1910.
The banks are quite low and the passage is easy.
A second arm of the Quru Chai, about 100 yds. wide, is
said to unite with the first at a point a little farther to
the W.
During the next 10 m. between the Quru Chai and
the Dahuk Chai a few water-courses, usually dry and
with easy banks, have to be crossed. There are now
some low hills to the r., beginning at a few miles dis
tance, gradually closing to within 1 m. of the road, as
the Dahuk Chai is approached. The road first covers
slightly undulating ground and then ascends a long
gradual rise. Direction about NNW.
About this point a village of Da'udiyeh Kurds under Namuk
Agha lies WSW. 2-3 m. distant. It contains about 300
houses.
Top of the long rise.
In the hills to the E. are some settlements of Da'udiyeh
Kurds, one of which is Shoraweh (50 houses) about
1 m. from the top of the long rise above mentioned.
To the W. is a conspicuous mound, about 3 m. distant.
A group of trees, rather nearer and a little N. of W. ; at
this grove is said to be a village called Iftighar, 300
houses of Kurds under Namuk Agha (1910).
Ruined tower and house on mound. To 1. of road small
canal 6 ft. wide bringing water from Dahuk Chai.
Dahuk Chai, in a shingle bed 800 yds. wide. There is
always some water in the Dahuk, and in winter and
spring the stream flows in several channels, the width of
which varies according to the season and weather: the
broadest was reported as 15 yds. wide in January 1903,
and as 40 yds. wide in April 1910. The current in
January 1903 was 6 m.p.h. The river is unfordable
when at its highest, as after rain, but sinks rapidly.
The r. bank is 20 ft. above the bed, and the 1. about 10,
the r. being generally the steeper. For guns and trans
port the descent to and ascent from the river-bed would
need improvement.
The Dahuk flows to join the c Adheim, of which it is the
the largest affluent. It rises from the W. spurs of the
hills SW. of Suleimaniyeh.
It flows in a formidable torrent when in spate, and brings
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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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