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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [191] (200/432)
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 28 a
191
Miles from
Baghdad
132
143
149
Qasr-i-Shirin (see Gazetteer vol. ii). Supplies
plentiful. Water abundant. Grazing good. Fuel scarce.
Koad to Mindar [Boute 28 b, m. 1221). For routes to
Suleimaniyeh and Chiah Surkh see App., pp. 397-398,
Authority :—Routes in Persia^ Corrections to vol. Hi, 1914, no. 96.
From Qasr-i-Shirin to Ser-i-Pul there is a route, alternative to that
described below, fit only for lightly laden mules or donkeys, but
5 m. shorter than the main road. The Alvand River can be
recrossed at any point desired to regain main road, and so avoid
crossing the Ab-i-Dereh. No water, supplies, fuel, or fodder.
Leave e Ali Mnrad Khan village, opposite Qasr-i-Shirin, on the
S. side of the Alvand river. Route almost immediately enters
Sumbulak (gypsum mountain), passing over ridges and hills of
gypsum for 4 m. Road extremely bad in places, and treacherous
in wet weather.
Miles
0
3
5
15
Qasr-i-Shirin.
Seyyid Khatil village passed on 1,
'Ajab c Ali.
Ser-i-Pul.
For the rest of the route only a summary account of the
general character of the stages has been given. For details
see lioutes in Persia, vol. iii, 96, stages 8-15.
From Qasr-i-Shlrln to Ser-i-Pul the main road runs in
a general E. by S. direction. It is passable throughout
to all arms, but would be heavy in wet weather, and
laborious owing to the amount of loose shingle and
stones.
Ser-i-Pul (i-zuhab). Supplies are procurable. Water
abundant. Forage and grazing good. Fuel from adjacent
mountains. For route from here to Deh Bala see
in Persia, vol. iii, 97,
From Ser-i-Pul to Surkhadiza Khan the road runs in a
general ESE, direction. It is passable for all arms, but
the Turks are reported to have difficulties with transport
at the Taq-i-Grarra Pass.
In this neighbourhood is the Taq-i-G-arra Pass, at the
W. end of which is Pai-Taq village (see above m 75).
Surkhadiza Khan. Supplies scarce. Water abundant.
Fuel plentiful. Forage abundant. From this point to
Karind the general direction is SE. Eoad bad throughout,
for the first 3 m. on account of loose stones and rocks,
and later because it is not only stony and rough, but liable
to become heavy and swampy after rain and snow.
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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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