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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [214] (223/432)
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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214
LAND EOUTES
ROUTE 32 b
SALAHIYEH (KUFRI)—KHANIKIN (40 m.)
Via Kula Su
Authority :—Eoute report of 1910 (apparently of a journey taken in 1909).
This track is over level ground all the way, and suitable for guns
and wheeled transport, though the soft soil would make very bad
going after rain or the passage of heavy traffic. The only serious
obstacle is the Diyaleh (see m. 25 below). Sheep and goats plentiful,
and perhaps some other supplies from villages in the Diyaleh Valley.
Water plentiful in the Diyaleh Valley (canals from river). Very-
good spring grazing. Fuel plentiful. Good camping-ground near
the Diyaleh. A few horses might be collected
It is possible that Defteh (m. 27 below) village is the same as
Dekkeh in Boute 32 a, m. 12.
Miles from
SalaM-
yeli
o
2
4
7
12
16
19
21
22
23
25
Salahiyeh.. Track leaves Salahiyeh slightly E. of S. by
E. (165°). Cross
wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
(apparently the bed of the Kufri
(Chechepan) Su is meant).
Eeach rolling downs ; cross these.
Reach plain. Here track runs S., with
wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
parallel to it.
Aleaza village, about 50 houses, on both sides of
wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
,
which is here about 4 furlongs broad, with 2 streams,
each 12 ft. broad, 1 ft. deep.
Track leaves
wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
(which bends to E.), and bears slightly
S. of SSE. (160°) across sandy desert.
Cross small stream. Track changes to between SE. and
SE. by E. (130°).
Eiver to W. Thence continues slightly E. of ESE. (110°).
Grass more abundant. Bear slightly E. of E. by S. (100°).
Bear slightly E. of ESE. (110°).
Shrine passed on W.
Kula Su village, 600-700 inhabitants. Other villages in
neighbourhood at intervals of a mile or so.
Bear between NE. and NE. by N. (40°).
Diyaleh. River. Camping ground for large force on bank.
Bed of the river here about ^ m. wide ; in spring it is
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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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