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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [241] (250/432)
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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EOUTES 36 b, c, 37
241
Cross wide plain, with some isolated hills on it.
Cross rocky saddle.
From the saddle down line of small stream, and thence
over open plain.
L. bank of Surab (or Chiler) Eiver. Here a road from
Suleimaniyeh via Bistan joins route. Bistan is said to
be 2 hrs., and Suleimaniyeh 10 hrs. distant.
Cross Surab Eiver : 70 yds. broad, just fordable.
Up r. bank of small stream (apparently a tributary of the
Surab). Then ascend by zigzag path, not rocky (4,660 ft.-
5,050 ft.).
Over undulating forest ground for 2 m.
Skirt along hill, ascending, with deep wooded ravine on 1.
Alt. 6,050 ft. The Turco-Fersian frontier is crossed
here.
Down spur, then up for a short distance to
Serambal (or Serambend), 50 houses.
Ascend slightly. Summit of spur (alt. 6,200 ft.). Descend.
In next mile two more spurs and two deep ravines have
to be crossed. Fart of path is in zigzags : very difficult.
Between this point and m. 25 there is a fearful piece of
road in wind or heavy snow' on the descent of a wooded
spur. Drifts may be too deep for mules.
Ford stream below spur (bridge marked on map, 1914).
Undulating road.
Artificial mound on r. bank of stream (Ab-i-Fan ?).
Through valley: on r., village of Helebjik and the Ab-i-
Fan. Through wooded hills, and up banks of small
stream fringed with willows to
Low saddle with ploughland.
Very muddy road.
Banah. (See Gazetteer of Persia, vol. ii, under Baneh).
ROUTE 37
KIEKUK—SULEIMANIYEH
The country between Kirkuk and Suleimaniyeh consists of open
rolling uplands. The Hamawand Kurds who live here are noted
brigands and fighters. In 1887 a route from Kirkuk to Suleimaniyeh
MES. Ill 0
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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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