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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [198] (207/432)
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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LAND ROUTES
so in the summer months. By making a detour of some
miles to the S. the marshy part to be crossed is said to
be less, but the route described seems to be the regular
caravan route.
50f The marsh is left, and the plain regained, in the hollows of
which there is an abundance of short green grass.
58| Small stream, with an occasional pool of sweet water (in
spring ?). From here the ground slopes down gently to
Mandali.
64 The Mafat River, a sluggish stream 20 to 25 yds. wide and
6 ft. deep, with steep earth-banks lined with reeds and
tamarisk scrub. In the hot weather the water is not
only unpleasantly flavoured with petroleum, but is un
wholesome to drink, causing diarrhoea. The banks of the
Nafat are at present impassable for carts, but ramps could
easily be made, for the soil is a soft red sandy loam.
66f Ford over the river, which is some 40 yds. wide and 2 ft.
deep, with easy approaches. Bottom muddy.
68 The large tomb of Nabi Tehran or Imam 'Abdallah is
passed, on a mound m. to the S. A stream flows mid
way between it and the road. There are several springs and
streams passed in this dip, all brackish and unfit to drink,
and the ground is thickly covered with saline incrusta
tions. The only vegetation is a few low bushes.
^OJ A f ew scattered fields of barley as the town is approached.
73 Mandali, village situated in a large patch of date gardens.
It is surrounded by trees in walled gardens similar to,
but much more extensive than, those in Beledruz. The
houses are largely built of mud or sun-dried bricks, and
the enclosure walls in nearly every case of mud. Mandali
is on ground sloping to the S., and is amply supplied
with good water, which is brought by a canal taken off,
from the Gangir River, at a distance of about 3 m. to the
NE. of the town. This canal divides into three branches,
of which one turns northwards without entering the town
and is lost in the desert about 6 m. to the N. of Mandali.
(This branch may be almost parallel to the first part of
Boute 29). The other two branches pass through the
town and bifurcate in various directions on the way.
The supplies available at Mandali are of the same kind
as at Beledruz, but about treble the quantity. There is
ample water in the Ganglr River all the year round. This
198
Miles from
Bag-hdad
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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)
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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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