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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [247] (256/432)
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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ROUTES 87, 38 247
route to Marga (m. 57|) apparently branches off from this mule-
track, and fords the Qara Cholan). 4. rk 11,
There is no adequate local means of transport either at the JJukhan
ferry over the Lesser Zab (m. 47i) or at the crossing of the Khudran
Eiver (m. Besides these there are various small si reams and
occasional irrigation cuts which should present no difficulty. _
Water is found all along the route, but that from the springs at
Raniyeh is unpleasant in taste. Fuel and fodder are generally
good, and some wheat, rice, and fruit could be obtained. The nomad
Kurds have large numbers of sheep, goats, cattle, horses, and mules.
The details concerning villages are unreliable, as the country has
been unsettled. The sedentary Kurds often spend the summer m
booths on the hill-sides.
Miles from
Sulei-
maniyeh.
0
1
2
u
H
4i
4
41
4
5|
n
14
144
151
Suleimaniyeh. The track is broad and gravelly, running
W. over a rich loamy plain.
A1 Bu Laq. village m. to 1.
The track crosses three small streams and undulates over low
mounds. Springs along the foot of the hill to r.
Ser Chinar. Large spring of good water which becomes
a stream 30 ft. wide and 2 ft. deep, running into the
Khanjiru Chai.
Ford across the Khanjiru Chai (or Bakhan). Eiver 200
yds. wide, in a shallow pebbly bed. Alt. 2,245 ft.
Low hills 1 m. to r., outliers of the Plr f Omar Gudrun
range.
Track broad, ascending a valley, over undulating country.
Hamawand camps may be seen in this neighbourhood.
Plain gradually narrows and is now 4 m. broad.
Some low rocky mounds cross the plain and form the
watershed
The boundary between adjacent drainage basins.
between the Diyaleh and the Lesser Zab. Track
broad and gravelly, crossing several small streams.
Ruins of tomb and village; track undulates over spurs of
the range on the r.
Alt. 2,735 ft.
Narchu, 30 flat-roofed huts of mud and stone in a valley
m. to the r. Gardens and orchards.
Hiskaneh, 40 huts, on a stream m. up a valley to the r.
Soil stony ; good grazing.
Darbarberu, wretched village of a dozen huts ^ m. to
the r. Some cultivation and fruit.
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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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