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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [221] (230/432)
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 83, 34 a
221
No general account is given of this route. It is not suitable for
wheels. For a note on supplies, &c., in this country, see Introduction
to Boute 34 b. It would appear from the entry under m. 51 that
fuel on this route is scarce between Salahiyeh and the Zagirmeh
Pass.
The track described in Boute 34 b, though it goes through Ibrahim
Ehanji and Temar, cannot be certainly identified with any other
part of this route. Boute 34 b seems to cross the Qara Dagh some
way SE. of Boute 34 a.
Salahiyeh (Kufri : alt. 760 ft.). Along a broad track
between the town and the Kufri Su (Chechepan Kiver).
At 13 min. from start ford river where it emerges from
hills. Gravelly bed, 200 yds. wide, in several shallow
channels. Wind between low gravelly mounds and
ledges of sandstone. Track at first well-defined, but
gradually becomes less so.
At 40 min. follow winding track 15 ft. wide along small
stream between two ridges of sandstone. Chechepan
river ^ m. to W. ; the valley is 300-400 yds. wide,
bordered by a confused mass of sandstone ridges. Several
fruit gardens and hills along it.
At 1 hr. pass an orchard 200 yds. to 1. Alt. here 865 ft.
Several reed huts with patches of wheat and barley in the
little valleys between the undulations.
At 1 hr. 6 min. reach stream flowing from NE. into
Chechepan ; continue up its r. bank. Eich soil: several
irrigation cuts. Track through these ridges generally
level, passable for wheels.
At 1 hr. 25 min. (alt. 850 ft.). Emerge on rolling upland
of gravelly undulations. Good grass found along streams
in first half of May; elsewhere grass already burnt up.
Continue over undulating gravelly plateau sloping N.
At 2 hrs. track well defined, but little used. Soil rich clay.
At 2 hrs. 25 min. pass Euh Murmil village (about 100 reed
huts) between mounds | m. to r. It is surrounded by
patches of wheat and barley. of Eukh-rasul
about here. Country much cut up by ravines. Soil light
clay much waterworn.
At 5 hrs. 35 min. stream turns sharp E. in a deep narrow
valley bordered by steep earth and gravel slopes.
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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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