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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [207] (216/432)
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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EOUTES 29, 30, 81
207
Miles from
Baghdad
sii
33
36
394
41|
42
44i
52i
it. The track is 10 to 12 ft. wide, through barley and
wheat fields. Good clover and grass on the waste land.
The canals are mostly 4 ft. wide and 1 ft. deep, and easily
crossed. The main channels are 6 to 8 ft. deep, and
difficult for mules. Flocks of sheep and goats are grazed
on the plain.
Small shrine of Imam Abu Feyyab passed 1 m. to the S.
There is a cluster of huts, with a few date-trees round it.
This forms a good landmark on the plain. The belt of
irrigated land now gradually ceases, and open alluvial
plain commences. The shrine of Abu Khums lies about
6 m. to the S.
Irrigation cuts are left, and the route strikes across the
plain in a direction almost due E. Winding track.
Shehr Habib, extensive ruins, strewn with broken pottery
and bricks, marking site of an ancient town. Water
lodges close by in some of the hollows of old canals,
where plenty of green grass is to be found.
Good water hereabouts, apparently from canal.
The last of the brick mounds is passed.
Small tomb 2 m. to the S. on a mound.
Marshy hollow, about 1 m. square, to the N. The water in
these hollows is not good, but is sweet and drinkable.
A few Arab encampments with flocks of sheep and goats
may be seen. The general direction of the canals is NE.
and SW. They are not in straight lines, but wind in
all directions.
Eoad reaches the W. side of the large grove of dates, in
which Beledruz (also written Baladoz) is situated. (For
description, see Route 28 b, m. 46.)
KOUTE 31
BAGHDAD—BAQUBEH (47 m.)
Via the Diyaleh Beidge and Left Bank op the Diyaleh Eivee
Authority : Route Report of January 1904
For main road to Baqubeh see JRo 28 a. In 1904 the country
for 2 m. above the mouth of the Diyaleh (m. 9), near Bahrlz (m. 43),
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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'. ).
Pagination: The volume also has an original printed pagination sequence.
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