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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [222] (231/432)
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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222
LAND ROUTES
Miles from
Sala-
Iriyeh.
17
18i
20
201
22i
231
23|
24i
numerous short ascents and descents
25
Broad clay track:
over ridges.
At 6 hrs, 5 min., alt. 1,500 ft. Easy descent into vallev
with steep clay sides.
At 6 hrs. 25 min., alt. 1,400 ft. Cross stream flowing E.
over a gravelly bed. Good track crossing several ravines
Deep valley to 1.
At 6 hrs. 42 min., steep descent into narrow valley
bordered by sandstone ledges and slopes of gravel and
conglomeiate. An easy clay track winding down in
a few zigzags. Patches of cultivation in the valley;
cuttings in the clay would make this passable for carts
Valley 200 yds. wide.
At 6 hrs. 47 min., ford large stream flowing W. to join
the Aq Su or Av-i-Spi. Alt. 1,300 ft. Short ascent with
steep zjgzags : then reach a rolling plateau. The valley
of the Aq Su lies i m. W., and 2 m. W. is the small village
of Gil, near which are sulphur springs. To E. the
plateau gradually rises to a low flat-topped ridge of sand
stone.
At 7 hrs. 30 min., alt. 1,670 ft. Gradual descent. Country
cut up by small ravines : it presents a curious tumbled
appearance as of sea-waves.
At 7 hrs. 50 min., alt. 1,450 ft. Steeper descent by a ledge
3 to 4 ft. wide, which might easily be cut wider for carts.
At 7 hrs. 55 min., Ibrahim Khanji in valley of the Aq Su
(see Boute 34 b, m. 60). 150 houses in 1888. Valley bare,
but good grass along river. The place lies in a small
basin shut in by steep gravel cliffs about 1 m. each way.
On hill overlooking village is a ruined mud fort. In 1888
there was a ruined khan on mound on opposite bank of
Aq Su, and also a deserted village on that side of river.
At 8 hrs. 5 min., ford Aq Su. This was done with difficulty
on May 11th, 1888, the river being then swollen by rain,
80 yds. wide, with rapid current. It is almost dry in
summer. (Compare Boute 34 b, m. 58.) Alt. at ford
1,310 ft. Thence proceed along level terrace 200 yds.
broad above stream. On 1. bank are bare earth cliffs
150 to 200 ft. high. Valley ^ m. wide with a few patches
of cultivation.
At 8 hrs. 21 min., ford Aq Su to avoid cliff. Kiver here
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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)
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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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- 'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917'
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