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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [208] (217/432)
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
and between that place and Baqubeh, was cut up by numerous waW
cuts which were impassable for wheels. The soil on the 1 bank f
the Diyaleh is a sandy clay, in places heavy going. The authoritv
above referred to calls the country on the river bank, from 2 m. aboJ
the Diyaleh mouth to near Bahrlz, open desert. But another account
describes the plain to the E, of the river in the region of Abu 'AnV
as bearing abundant short grass in winter (which, however dries m
completely in summer) and as containing patches of cultivation herp
and there in the hollows. (See Eou 28 b, m. 14.)
Miles from
Baglidad
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H
9
11
15
Baghdad. Leave the city by the gate called Bab esh-
Sharqi, and proceed SE.
Qarareh, on 1, bank of the Tigris. (Boat-bridge here
across the Tigris often removed in flood season; for
description, see vol. ii, Eoute III C, m. 1904) Proceed on
1. bank of Tigris.
Mouth of Diyaleh Eiver. Cross boat-bridge. In 1904
this bridge consisted of 16 boats, with one spare boat 1
each was flat-bottomed, 32 ft. long, 12 ft. wide, and
6 ft. deep. The bridge was divided into four sections
connected by planking. The banks at the bridge, though
ramped, were reported steep (about 20°) and difficult for
wheels. In the neighbourhood of the bridge they were
precipitous and 30 ft. above water, A few mud huts at
each end of the bridge.
Turn NNE., and ascend 1. bank of Diyaleh Eiver. Many
water-cuts, described in 1904 as ' very difficult or rather
impassable for wheels without a little bridging or
ramping
Water-cuts cease. Country 'an open desert—cultivable
but uncultivated in all directions' (1904).
In this neighbourhood there was in 1904 an encampment
of Arabs belonging to a small tribe called Neza Da'ag (?).
The authority already mentioned ' camped in their
vicinity after having marched for six hours' (from
Baghdad). V
Continue along 1. bank over open sandy plain. In some
places the sandy dust is heavy and trying to animals.
Track crosses and recrosses several times an old dry
canal or river bed, marked on recent maps as the
iNah rawun Canal, on earlier ones, apparently, as the old
bed of the Diyaleh.
M
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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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