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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [210] (219/432)
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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210
LAND KOUTES
the references to streams in the itinerary. Clover was seen here and
there E. of the Diyaleh.
The times given in the text of the itinerary are from the authority
mentioned above : they are those of riders, not of the baggage
caravan. The riders took 3 hrs. 22 min. from Khanikin to the
Diyaleh ferry (E. bank), the baggage a little over 4 hrs. (Passage
of river by raft-ferry, 8 hrs.) From the W. bank of the river to
Zengabad the riders took 30 min., the baggage 40 min. From
Zengabad to Salahiyeh (Kufri) the riders' time was 5 hrs. 9 min.,
that of the baggage 7 hrs. 50 min. The approximate distances given
in the margin are only calculations from the riders' times at an
average rate of 3f m. an hour.
Miles from
Khani
kin
o
2|
Khanikin. Follow r. bank of Alvand Kiver, here 20-30 yds.
broad and generally fordable.
At 15min. leave bank of river crossing flat lands (fallow, &c.),
passing a hollow called Darwaujik coming from hills on
the N.
At 20 min. cross a canal called Quleh, 20 ft. wide, water
3 ft. deep, coming from W. Khanikin lies to SE.,
Kawazi village ^ m. NE., tomb of 'Abbas on a mound
f m. SW., Aliwayeh (100 houses of Kurds) 1 m. W.
Just beyond this point the Quleh Canal is spanned by an
aqueduct 4 ft. wide.
At 35 min. Aliwayeh village, mentioned above, lies 1 m.
to S. by W. on a ridge, with small village (Mohammed
Shehr Bey) in line with it f m. nearer. Husein village
(50 Kurdish houses) lies 1^ m, to ENE. Imam Beidha
Mahmud, tomb on light-coloured mound, 3 m. to NNW.:
two palm-groves on each side of mound (see m. 4|),
behind them (out of sight) Baweh Palau (or Falawi)
village, 150 houses of Kurds. Sheikh Hasan, 30-50
houses of Arabs to NW. by W., on road farther on.
Eed peak of Marwari Hill, near Dekkeh, about 10 m.
NW. by N. Proceed NW. by W.
At 56 min. Sheikh. Hasan village mentioned above.
3 small Kurdish villages 3 m. to NE. Marwari Hill
about NW. by N.
At 1 hr. 6 min., Khanikin lies SE. Imam Beidha Mahmud
lies I - I tj m. N. Part of Baweh Palau, mentioned above,
lies l-|-2 m. N. by W.
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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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