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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [177] (186/432)
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 b
177
Miles from
Baghdad
175
178
180
mes. m
Jarnaf camping-ground, with fair drinking water from
a stream and rain-pools.
The track now crosses a creek, 20 yds. wide and 20 ft. deep.
Water good, 25 ft. wide and 2 ft. deep (Feb. 1903).
Depression in the chain of hills for about 1 m.
The track is good, about 300-400 yds. from the hills on the
W., which are here about 150 ft. high. On the E. is
a small winding grassy nullah.
The track rises over a pebbly path from the cultivated plain
to the plateau, 50 ft. higher.
The road passes over broken ground, crossing a small nullah,
soft, deep, and 40 yds. wide. There is a gap in the hills
to the W. On the E. is some cultivation, about 1 m.
distant.
The track passes through fairly open country over an alluvial
plain. The hills on the E. are broken by ravines ; those
on the W. are about 150 ft. high.
The road is pebbly and crosses a small valley, with some
cultivation on the E.
The track is stony, with ravines to r. and 1. The river is
1^ m. to the E.
Naphtha and bitumen wells to the W. The country is flat
and open. The track is f-1 m. distant from the river.
Kaiyara (Qaiyareh). Oil springs and refinery. (For
description, see Route HIE, m. 135^.) The descent into
the valley (ascent to N. of it ?) is rocky and impassable
for wheels.
Romana camp, near a stream impregnated with naphtha
and sulphur. The track is good over some low hills.
The track crosses a stream 20 ft. wide and 3 ft. deep in
a ravine 30 yds. wide and 10 ft. deep. The water is clear,
but brackish, and not fit for drinking.
The road enters a large open valley along the Tigris.
Small nullah, dry and easy.
The track skirts a creek with steep banks. The water is
clear, but slightly brackish.
A nullah on the W. skirts the road.
Shura village. There is drinking water here, slightly
brackish. In 1903 there were 20 saptiehs belonging to
the Sultan's farm and acting as desert-guards, housed in
^ a khan 60 by 40 yds. The place has a Mudir.
The distances N. of Shura are again uncertain: the
M
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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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