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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [206] (215/432)
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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206
LAND KOUTES
contains ample water at all times. The route then approaches the
Bagh.ch.eh. Hills, and follows round the foot, passing over the spurs.
The ground is stony and bad: gullies are crossed in places. After
April no water is to be found beyond a small spring in Qatar. Having
passed the Baghcheh Hills (? 33 m.) the country is flat as far as
Eihanikin (45 m.).
A report of 1916 refers to one canal of good water, and slightly-
brackish water elsewhere between Mandali and Khanikin: exact
route not specified.
EOUTE 30
BAGHDAD—BELEDEUZ (52^ m.)
Via Bahriz
Authority : — Routes in Persia, vol. iii, 95, Alternative Stage (A).
Baghdad. General direction NE. For the first 24 m. of
the road, see Baghdad—Kirmanshah Khanikin
28 a). For general description of the country on the
route see introductions to B28 a and 28 b.
Here main road and T.L., which proceed in the direction
of Baqubeh, are left.
Bed of an old canal is crossed.
Sudden dip in the plain is reached. The Diyaleh Kiver is
here about ^ m. S., the river making a sharp bend. The
road crosses a hollow, said to be the ancient bed of the
river, in which there is water in high floods.
River bank is reached. The stream is about 150 yds. wide,
with a moderate current. It runs in a deep bed sunk
25 to 30 ft. below the general level of the plain with
steep earth banks. Ferry, as last reported, consisted of
an old hull of a native craft which carried about
six animals.
Bahriz, 400 houses on 1. bank of the stream. There are
two caravanserais and a small but well-supplied bazaar,
in which grain and dates, &c., are procurable in abun
dance, and fruit in autumn. Supplies plentiful. Good
water from the river. Grass on the plain in the spring.
Road now goes in a general E. direction. Leaving the
caravanserai
A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers).
the road at first skirts the Khorasan Canal,
crossing several small side channels emerging from
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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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- 'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917'
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