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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [159] (168/432)
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 25 a
159
3 m. broad) and enters the plain. It has little or no
water, except after rain or the melting of the snow.
Chardakli village in plain to W.
Mound on the r. bank of river, 200 ft. high, with a
guardhouse on the top.
Pass some cultivation and skirt the river-bed. To the r.
the valley of the Hasa Su opens out into the broad valley
of Leilan. The village of Leilan is 15 m. to the E.
To the 1. is the low ridge of the Chardakli Dagh.
Slight descent towards Kirkuk begins. The r. bank of the
Hasa Su is still followed. The country is undulating,
the track easy, and on both sides of the road there is
cultivation. T.L. to the 1.
The bed of the Hasa Su is here ^ m. to 1. When dry it
may be used as an approach to Kirkuk.
Kirknk.
Between Kirkuk and Altun Koprii ( v 25 m. NNW.) is
a range of hills of moderate height, variously marked as
Jebel Gurgur or Shamaskin Dagh, which run from
WNW. to ESE. The E. end of this range is known as
Baba ;Grurgur. To the S. of this eastern end are a number
of low ridges divided by gravelly ravines, which lie to
NW., W., and S. of Kirkuk. The
watershed
The boundary between adjacent drainage basins.
between the
Hasa Su and the Lesser Zab lies among these ridges
about 10 m. from Kirkuk. On the NE. side of the
Jebel Gurgur is a valley between these hills and the
Shuan Dagh. At the lower end of this valley is Altun
Koprtl town, and it is drained by a stream-bed called
by some authorities the Mayar Dereh (see m. 208|- below),
which joins the Zab about 2 m. below Altun Koprti.
A traveller who crossed this stretch of country in 1909
says that there are three roads between Kirkuk and
Altun Kopru. The safest, though not the shortest, was
that which kept to the W. to avoid raiding parties of
Hamawands, via Tepeh KOi and a ruined khan before
crossing the hills. As far as can be gathered from
reports and recent maps there are several possible
tracks both on the S. and JST. sides of the Jebel
Gurgur. Besides the pass over the hills mentioned
under m. 198-|, there is apparently another pass by
Shamaskin.
Leaving the Korieh suburb of Kirkuk on the r. bank
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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)
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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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