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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [238] (247/432)
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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238
LAND EOUTES
Miles from
Sulei-
maniyeK
30
32
38
39
41
48
50i
51-|
54f(?)
55^
59
621
66
Numbers of common wood-pigeons. Track then emerges
on to open, cultivated, undulating ground.
Track crosses small stream called Mashkal or Yahareh
(apparently a tributary of the Bimansu), flowing due N.
between high but not very steep wooded mountains, with
a few villages on the slopes in the distance.
Track ascends gently.
Southern route from Suleimaniyeh by 'Alaweh here joins
the present track. Ground shortly after becomes less
open and cultivated. Some small villages high up on
mountains to N.
Track runs high up slopes on W. side of Bimansu valley
to alt. 5,200 ft. Then comes the steepest descent of
the road, to a level of 4,550 ft. Small huts of Zerqau.
Track then crosses a ravine, and ascends for about 700 ft.
Summit of ascent. Path now indifferent, winding along
wooded slopes on 1. side of Bimansu gorge.
A bold, rocky, isolated crag, with a ruined fort opposite a
village called Hasiliu, 50 huts.
Track emerges from the mountains, skirting a low range of
hills on the r.
Some distance on Ahmad Knlvau village is passed on
the r.
Alternative route (Boute 36 b) apparently joins the present
route here. The track skirts a low range of hills on the
r. for some miles. Ground cultivated, with numerous
small streams.
Penjevin, village of 200 houses. General direction of track
now E. to Kanimiran. Eoute to Halebjeh : see p. 238.
Binavasnta village to r.
Eiver Biuavasuta and Turco-Persian frontier.
Bayeva village, on the Persian side, 1 m. to r.
Track crosses the plain of Bihif (?).
Kanimirau village. Track bears SSE.
Assadabad village. The track then skirts the E. shore of
Lake Zeribar. Marshy ground.
Siv Snfleh village.
Enlan village.
Qal ah Merivan, substantial stone fort, about 300 yds.
square, with Persian garrison. Good timber and fruit
trees on surrounding hills. Export of gall-nuts.
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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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