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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [236] (245/432)
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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236
Miles from
Sulei-
xnaniyeli
143
163i
165
174
LAND ROUTES
Agha Hasan, 50 houses. Large herds of sheep and cattle.
General direction of track still SE. over clay soil. Valley
6-15 m. broad.
Numerous villages along the river, which varies in
breadth from 100-200 ft., with clay banks 3-18 ft. high.
The road is not well defined and is swampy in parts.
Route from Salarabad, &c., joins (see Boute 28 a, under
m. 201^).
Gurabun village, 108 houses.
The track now is broad and muddy, over fields. The Qara
Su is crossed ; it is ford able, except in flood.
Eirmanshali. (See Gazetteer vol. ii.)
ROUTE 36 a
SULEIMANIYEH—SENNA (144 m.)
Via M ama K ulan and P en.tevin
Authorities:—Routes in Persia, vol. ii, Route 85 summarized (reports of 1881, 1882,
1905) ; Map of Turco-Persian Boundary Commission, 1914 (no. 13).
In parts this route is practicable for led animals only, and would
require considerable labour and expense to render it suitable for
all arms. Military operations on it would be difficult in winter.
Crops are met with along the greater part of the route. There
are no details as to grazing, except what may be inferred from
the presence of animals in villages. The only mention of fuel occurs
near Barudar, 30 m. from Senna, and round Suleimaniyeh. In the
former case the quantity is probably limited. Water is on the
whole plentiful.
The only local means of transport are the donkeys to be found
in the neighbourhood of Suleimaniyeh.
Considerable labour would be required to improve the road over
the Qal'ah Kal Ya'qub (beyond Barudar, m. 114), and the Gerdilan
River (m. 73) would also be a serious obstacle unless the bridge has
been repaired.
An alternative route goes by Harmaleh, rejoining the main route
about m. 41 (see Route 36 b). It seems also that there is a third
route by 'Alaweh, S. of that described, and rejoining it at m. 32, but
no details regarding it are available.
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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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