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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [229] (238/432)
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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T
EOUTES 34 a, b
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EOUTE 34 b
SULEIMANIYEH—SALAHIYEH (KUFRI) (89 m.)
Via Dae
Authority.—'Report of a journey, made apparently in 1909 (report dated
February 19, 1910).
This is not a main caravan track, but is used by caravans of mules
and ponies in summer and in winter when the passes are open. The
track, as far as Dar (m. 34), is bad for mules and impassable for
camels, and requires improvement for any kind of transport.
The last 9 m. require repair for camels. The country traversed
consists of rolling downs and stony hills, generally low. The passes
over the Qara Dagh are the chief obstacles : in winter they may be
closed by snow, but this does not always happen. The plain of
Suleimaniyeh is cultivated ; but beyond Temai", until Salahiyeh is
reached, practically no supplies are obtainable apart from sheep
and goats, which are plentiful throughout. Water reported plentiful
from streams at Temar (m. 22), good supply from a stream at Dar
(m. 34), abundant from the Aq Su at m. 58, and plentiful throughout
the stage from Ibrahim Khanji (m. 60) to Salahiyeh. Grazing
reported very good at Temar, Dar, Ibrahim Khanji, and thence
to Salahiyeh. Fuel plentiful throughout. No transport.
This route touches Boute 34 a at Temar and at Ibrahim Khanji,
but the details of the two accounts cannot be reconciled.
Miles from
Sulei
maniyeh
o
Suleimaniyeh. General direction to Temar somewhat
S. of SSW. (200°). Track leaves town in a southerly
direction over rolling stony downs.
Track turns from S. (180°) to between S. and S. by W. (185°).
Alternative track to Temar branches off to W. : it is shorter
than, but not so good as, the route here followed.
Stream (Khanjiru? Cp. Boute 34 a, m. 811). From here
two tracks can be seen winding up the hills in front:
the easterly track is the one to be followed. From the
stream the track winds steeply up-hill for 2 m.
Pass over Gilzerda Dagh. begins. In this pass the track
is very stony, steep, and bad, and is impassable for
camels. Blasting would be necessary to turn it into
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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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