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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [233] (242/432)
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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EOUTE 35 233
Valley here 10-12 m. broad, mostly covered with grass.
The hills begin to recede to the N.
Moham village. The valley here is about 6 m. wide, with
excellent pasture. The neighbourhood is a favourite
camping-ground of nomads.
Numerous mounds indicating former settlements.
General direction of track to Halebjeh SE.
The track winds over the flat towards the hills on the
S., crossing many streams flowing in deep channels
between steep banks of clay. Liquorice root, grown here
for firewood, is plentiful.
Two streams, banks flush with the plain. One of these
streams is 100 ft. wide and 3 ft. deep, the other 40 ft.
wide and 2^ ft. deep.
The valley here is about 15 m. broad, and in the high-water
season swampy in places.
Pasture luxuriant; numerous nomad encampments and
villages with large flocks of sheep and herds of cattle.
A good many horses are to be seen.
Halebjeh, small town among gardens, which has developed
greatly in recent years. Bazaar. Head-quarters of the
Jaf Kurds. Climate hot in May ; some snow in winter.
Route to Penjevin (40 m.), very bad from Zangisar (m. 25),
From Halebjeh to Nausud (m. 68 below) the general
direction of the track is E., width 10-15 ft., leading
across the head of the valley through which it has
hitherto run, and over foot-hills.
After some miles the road narrows to 6 ft., ascending
a side valley by a good mule-track.
Head of this side valley. Alt. 3,400 ft. Gradual ascent
for some distance, after which the track becomes steeper
and more undulating.
Summit, Oak-scrub.
On either side are rolling, undulating hills and broad,
deep valleys.
The track runs high up along the sides of the hills which
border the r, bank of the Sirvan. Soil a gravelly clay,
Alt. 5,100 ft. near Bulkhah Jura. Plantations of walnut
and mulberry fill the valley. Timber (in 1886), 18-24 in.
in diameter, 30-40 ft. high,
Alt, 4,650 ft.
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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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