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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [205] (214/432)
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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KOUTES 28 b, 29
205
Miles from
Baghdad.
169
170
170|
habited. The road now enters a craggy valley bordered
by cliffs of grey limestone down which runs the Karind
Eiver. This is called the Tang-i-Isma'ilu.
River is forded, 30 yds. wide and 2 ft. deep with a rapid
stream over a stony bed among boulders ; the route con
tinues along a broad track down the left bank; the pass
is 100 yds. wide and on either side are two high, conical,
craggy cliffs. Emerging from the pass the river makes
a rapid turn off to the r. and the road leaves it and turns
up a small valley bordered by rounded hills. It is
a well-defined, easy track along a stream-bed almost dry.
Some cultivation along river bank. Wheat seen here for
the first time since leaving Mandali.
Main road from Baghdad to Kirmanshah via Khanikin
reached.
Village of Khorasabad, 50 fiat-roofed huts of mud and stone.
Grazing good. Fuel plentiful.
For continuation of route to Harunabad (178| m.), Salar-
abad (188| m.), Mahidesht (200f m.), Kirmanshah
(217^ m.), see Boute 28 a.
EOUTE 29
MANDALI—KHANIKIN (45 M.)
Authority :—Routes in Persia, Corrections to vol, in (1914), Eoute 95 A.
This route is much used, especially by oil caravans. It connects
Route 28 a and Boute 28 b. In 1912 it was reported to be
unsafe in winter and spring owing to brigands, as it lies on the
Persian frontier, and to be subject to raids from the Kalhur, Sanjabi,
Ahmedavand Buhtul, and Qaraulus. It runs across a plain for most
of its length, and is practicable for light wheeled traffic. The climate
is excessively hot during June-September owing to the hot wind
known as bad-i-sam. Grazing in plenty is to be obtained from
January to March, none at other seasons. General direction N.
In the neighbourhood of Mandali beyond the date plantations
of the town the ground is broken. Water, good and bad, is here to
be found. Encampments and villages of Qaraulus are to be seen.
There is a choice between several tracks out of Mandali. One track
is said to go a little E. of the Gangir Eiver, which is rapid and
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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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