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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [202] (211/432)
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
See Routes in Persia, corrections to vol. Hi, 1914, no. 95 B.
The summit of a long gradual ascent on an easy track is
reached, this ridge forming
watershed
The boundary between adjacent drainage basins.
of the Gilan and
Zarneh valleys. Road passes ruins on the site of Karan.
Trees gradually disappear as descent is made, and Zarneh
Plain is quite bare.
Camping ground near the ruins of old Zarueh. Supplies
possibly procurable from nomads.
General direction of road to Charmilleh NE. It follows
a broad track down centre of the valley over gravelly
soil where going is easy. It slopes gradually towards the
centre and numerous small streams are passed flowing
towards Zarneh. These join the head-waters of the
Ganglr.
Ruins of village of Zarueh. on a large tumulus 200 yds. in
diameter and 100 ft. above the plain. A few of the houses
are still standing. Just north of the tumulus lies a large
spring called the Chasmeh-i-Zarueh, from which a stream
of good water issues. Numerous other small springs are
passed and water is abundant at all times of the year.
The plain grows good grass, and patches of Indian corn
are sown on it by nomads as soon as snow is off the
ground. At southern end of plain is Manisht Kuh.
The road leaves Zarneh Plain and turns up through a pass
in the ridge bordering it on the E. The pass is 30 to
40 ft. wide at its narrowest, and 400 yds. at its broadest,
bordered by steep grassy slopes dotted with a few trees
and topped with steep rugged cliffs. The track is leve],
but the going is rough owing to loose stones which might
at parts easily be cleared away. At times the road follows
the dry bed of a stream.
Road emerges into a small grassy valley -J- m. broad bordered
on the N. by a steep ridge called the Gnmir Kuh im
passable on this side because of sheets of vertical limestone
strata. The valley runs up 2 m. in a NW. direction
and is well wooded. The road leads diagonally across the
valley. To the S. lie the undulating table-land and hills
of Asimabad or Asiuanabad, where are the extensive
ruins of an ancient city. A long gradual slope rises from
here to the flat summit of Manisht Kuh.
Head of the valley is reached and the road turns E. up
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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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