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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [190] (199/432)
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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11
III
190
Miles from
Baghdad
95
100i
104
107
108
110
112
LAND KOUTES
its length is, however, 8 m. less than the estimated length of th*
route in Routes in Persia, vol. iii, 96, stages 6-8.
The route is possible only for mules and donkeys throughout ih
length. Carriages would be able to get as far as the Alvand
opposite Kani Biz, or to Kani Biz itself by crossing the river at
Khanikin bridge and proceeding near the 1. bank, via Kariz and
Akbar, to Eani Biz (about 10 m?). Z aml
The climate is unpleasantly hot only during July and August
(shade temperature about 110°) and is very dry. It is cooler at
Imam Hasan, and over the Shisra pass. Water ample. Green
grazing for all beasts, all the way, from January to April and
drier grasses for the rest of the year except in Ganumban. No
fuel.^ Wheat is plentiful ; otherwise, the only supplies would be
at Kani Biz where 10 sheep could be furnished almost at once by
Mahmud Bey. The following rivers are crossed ; Alvand, Hudara
Imam Hasan (along the course of which the road runs for 2- m V
and Ab-i-Dereh. 2 ^
From Khanikin to Qasr-i-Shlrln the general direction is
NE. The road is good and broad throughout, passable to
all arms in all weathers, with the exception of places at
m. 107 and m. 110 (see below).
Koad which is hard and stony still runs NE., rising gently
over broken and hilly country.
Koad rises gently over some barren hills.
Turco-Persian frontier line. In the neighbourhood is a round
mud tower and a Turkish picket. Thence a descent
over slabs of rock deeply worn into many tracks, after
which the road ascends and descends low bare hills.
Cross stream of brackish water. On the spur above is a
ruined fort, and the houses occupied by the Persian
frontier guard. Prom here the road ascends gently,
passing springs of water and Kurdish camps.
Track here goes over some sheet rock, which is not only
steep but inclined at an angle sideways.
Spring of good water crosses road.
Qasr-i-Shlrln and Alvand river sighted.
Alvand Eiver, 30 yds. wide and fordable.
Large grove of poplar and willow on the 1. bank.
Koad runs along r. bank.
Koad along hillside had fallen away a few years before
the war, and there was only room for one horse at a
time.
Koad passes under a hill crowned by a stone fort to
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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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