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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [228] (237/432)
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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228
Miles from
Sala-
hiyeh
74%
76|
76
76i
76i
77
77|
81|
85
851
86i
87|
884
LAND EOUTES
At 43 min. from Temar bend round head of ravine bv pacv
10'ft. ledge: portions of it are paved.
At 1 hr. 8 min. from Temar, alt. 3,670 ft. Through
a dip in the upper part of the range. Along steep slope
with craggy ravine to 1. A foot-path takes a direct line
from Temar and avoids bend.
At 1 hr. 15 min. from Temar, rounded summit of rocky ridge.
Eoad bifurcates, one branch going direct to Suleimaniyeli
by Gilzerda village on a steep rocky slope in front. De
scend diagonally, bending SE.
Along a ledge 12-15 ft. broad, stony in places, through
low shrubs and brushwood. Easy gradient.
Zaz, 1 hr. 26 min. from Temar: 30 houses in a rocky
ravine 1A m. to 1. The strata crop out almost vertically.
Alt. 3,500 ft. Steep stony descent following dry bed of
stream. A cart-track could be made by clearing away
loose stones. Portions of paved road here and there.
At 1 hi. 56 min., alt. 3,090 ft. Track now easy across
plain.
At 3 hrs. 15 min. from Temar cross Khanjiru Eiver in
a gravelly bed 300-400 yds. wide. Irrigation channels
water a fringe of rice-fields on either bank. Ford the
channel 40 yds. wide, 1-^-2 ft. deep with rapid current in
middle of May. Shelving banks.
At 3 hrs. 53 min. from Temar pass Chenimassir i m. to r.,
40 huts, by a small stream, among grassy undulations.
Pass large spring in which fish are said to be sacred.
Three large mulberry trees overhang it: otherwise the
plain is treeless.
At 4 hrs. 34 min. from Temar pass Balka, 80 huts
^ m. to 1.
No gardens or outskirts to Suleimaniyeh. Cross small
stream coming from the town in a gravelly bed.
Suleimaniyeh, 5i hrs. from Temar.
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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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