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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [232] (241/432)
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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232
LAND ROUTES
EOUTE 35
SULEIMANIYEH—KIEMANSHAH (174 m.)
Authorities ■.—Routes in Persia, vol. ii, Rou 77 (from a report of 1886) •
1908%)*' 1912 ) 77 5 Soane, Through (journey of
This has been reported as the best and most natural approach from
the Central Persian plateau to Turkey in Asia, though preparation
would be required before the road could be made passable for all
arms (1886). Beyond the Eiver Sirvan (tm. 70) the route is practi
cally only a mule-track, and in some places narrows down to 2 ft in
width. The Sirvan Eiver and the Qara Su near Kirmanshah when
in flood present the only serious obstacles. Movements in the
mountains would be somewhat hampered by snow in winter. Between
Halebjeh and Sirvan the construction of a cart-road would be
difficult, as hill-cutting would be necessary for a few miles (1886).
The snow in winter is nowhere very severe and the summer
heat is not excessive.
Large flocks of sheep and goats and herds of cattle are met with
on most of the stages. Cultivation is not very extensive, but fruit
of all kinds is plentiful. Luxuriant pasture is to be found in most
of the valleys, but the supply of grain is limited. Water from
streams is plentiful throughout,
A sort of low oak scrub which might supply fuel grows on the
hills in many of the stages. Near Mohun (m. 25) and Eavar (m. 97)
is much liquorice.
Numbers of donkeys can be obtained at various places for trans
port. These animals will carry three-fifths of a mule-load at 2| m.
an hour.
Miles from
Sulei-
maniyeh
0
The road from Suleimaniyeh keeps at first close to the
foot of the hills on the l. ? with considerable undulations.
The surface is generally firm; width about 18 ft. General
direction to Mohun SE. Later the valley is 6-7 m. broad,
with abundant wheat, barley, and grass; the hills on
either side are 1,000-1,500 ft. above the valley.
Some of the steeper gradients into the ravines would
require to be improved for wheeled traffic.
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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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- 'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917'
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