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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [187] (196/432)
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 28 a
187
Miles from
Baghdad
bridges of one arch ; height of bridges above water 5 ft.
(It seems possible that one of these ' canals ' mentioned in
one report may be identical with the canal mentioned
by another authority under m. 63.) Ground becomes
more elevated.
Canal 15 ft. wide and 3 ft. below the banks is crossed
by a bridge in bad repair ; roadway 9 ft. Immediately
beyond this is a sluggish river 20 yds. wide with perpen
dicular banks 15 ft. high. The road crosses by an
ancient brick bridge with roadway of 12 ft. between the
parapets. Some ruined houses near by. From here the
road traverses undulating gravelly country crossed by
broad, shallow ravines.
Rising gently, the road enters the Jebel Hamriu range
(low barren hills) by a narrow pass. See also under
m. 69 below. On the ordinary track the path here, only
wide enough for single animals, is a deeply worn gut
in the smooth rock. After about a hundred yards the
gut widens and the road spreads into several deep worn
paths divided by ridges of smooth rock. Gradual ascent
for 2 m., road widening and traversing some plateaux.
Summit of pass, 400 ft. above the plain. Apparently at
the summit the pass is narrow but passable for carts
drawn by four horses abreast. The descent is gentle by
a broad track over stone and gravel.
The road emerges from the hills and descends a gravel
slope. There is said to be a comparatively easy cart-track
over the Jebel Hamrln range by which guns could pass;
it enters the hills about 1 m. to the S. of the ordinary
track, winds about till it joins after reaching the summit.
The following is a description of a track just fit for vehicles across
these hills. The gradients are variously described as ' steep' and
' easyThe hills nowhere command the track by more than
about 15 ft. Direction on leaving plain 50° (somewhat E. of NE.) ;
after 2 m. pass Nuqtah on E. of track. 2 m. beyond the Nuqtah
the track bends more towards the IST., going on about 15° for 1 m.,
then on 20° (slightly N. of NNE.) for another mile, after which it
enters the plain 7 m. from Qizil Ribat, which lies about NE. by N.
Salt stream. The road now enters a broad plain, bounded,
except to the N., by low hills and ridges in which there
are a few villages and on which herds and flocks graze.
Cultivation on both sides ; the Biyaleli ^ m. to the 1. flowing
in a broad stony and rushy bed.
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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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- 'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1:422, back-i
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