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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [192] (201/432)
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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192
Miles from
Baglidad
1644
175i
183i
186i
LAND ROUTES
Karind. Supplies, water, forage, and live stock plentiful.
Fuel obtainable. General direction to Khorasabad is SE.
Eoad for first mile from Karind and between m. 170 and
m. 174| is bad and stony, otherwise good. It is passable
for all arms throughout, runningover cultivated plain with
friable soil.
Khorasabad village (see Boute 28 b, m. 170|). Camping
ground beyond village on grassy plateau. Wood, water,
and forage plentiful. Supplies obtainable from villages
in neighbourhood. Eoad to Harunabad runs SE. It is
mainly a gentle descent crossing several streams, and is
passable throughout for all arms.
Harunabad. Limited supplies. Water plentiful. Forage
except in winter. Wood from the mountains. Eoute
runs in a general NE. direction to Salarabad. It is good
except possibly at the Na'IShikan Pass (see m. 190| below)
where the Turks are said to have met with difficulties of
transport in summer, 1916. An alternative route to
Mahldesht (see m. 206-| below), though it also goes
through the Na'l Shikan, is said to be good and passable
for all arms. See Boutes i vol. iii, 96, Alterna
tive (A).
Here an alternative route to Eirmausliah branches off to E.
See Routes in Persia, vol. iii, No. 96, Alternative (0).
As far as Tang-i-Shuvan village it is good and passable for all arms.
Miles
(contd.
from
main
route)
206|
210|
212|
217|
2201
Tang , -i-Shuvaii village, just below pass of same name.
Supplies might be collected. Water plentiful. Forage
abundant. Wood from adjacent mountains. From here
across Tang-i-Shuvan to the Siah Chaga the general direc
tion is NE. Eoad is passable for laden animals as far as
Adawar, but bad in parts. From Adawar the road is
passable to all arms, but would be very heavy in winter.
Head of Tang-i-Slmvaii pass. Descent for first | m. very
steep and dangerous.
Adawar village in plain^
Siah Chag-a village on A*)-i-Mark river. Supplies could be
collected. Water good and plentiful. No fuel, except
cowdung, available nearer than the Kurkur range.
General direction__to Kirmanshah NE. Koad passable as
far as the Ser-i-Ab for all arms.
Road begins to ascend to the pass of Safid Kuh. Gradients
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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'. ).
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