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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [165] (174/432)
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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ROUTE 25 a
165
Miles from
Baghdad
236|
237|
239f
2441
245i
253f
2621
Road runs N. by W., through a valley about 20 m. wide,
bounded by ranges of hills apparently running NW. and
SE., across undulating stony country. Road easy though
stony in places.
Qarachan Agha Tepehchi (25 Dizeih houses). (Apparently
in the neighbourhood the branch line to Makhmur leaves
T.L.)
Small stream is crossed : and immediately afterwards a
little dry hollow. Near latter, to r. of road, Hamwarkeh
village.
In this neighbourhood small village on 1. of road followed
by authority of 1903. It has square mud-walled enclosure
50 yds. square and 12 ft. high. m. farther small village
to r. with similar enclosure.
Cross a hares (25 ft. deep, 20 ft. wide, with 1 ft. of water)
by a brick bridge (1903). Route now runs over broken
ground.
Erbil.
The post-road between Erbil and Mosul runs through
a rolling plain, the undulations of which sometimes rise
to the height of downs. The country is treeless, and in
parts stony, but well cultivated. More especially, the
plain beyond the Zab contains numerous villages. The
Great Zab (see under m. 262^) is a serious obstacle at
any season, but especially in the spring floods. The
Ghazir Su (see under m. 269|) would not be fordable in
spring.
From Erbil the road runs somewhat W. of NW. to the
neighbourhood of—
Girdashir (30 huts of Kurds). Good water from wells
25 ft. deep, drawn by rope and bucket. Thence the
track runs generally WSW. over an open plain with
some cultivation, but few villages in sight for 8^ m. to
the Great Zab. Some stony ravines draining towards
that river are crossed.
The Great Zab, Eski Kelek (called now Hasan Agha) ferry.
The channel in October 1903 was 150 yds. wide, with
a fairly strong current and some 10 ft. deep at the ferry.
It is not usually fordable, though it is sufficiently low to
ford late in some years. The whole stream-bed (| m.
wide) is covered at the flood season. There are two
ferry-boats to hold six laden animals, but usually loads
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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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