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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [248] (257/432)
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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248
Miles from
Sulei-
maniyeh
18
194
20
20|
224
28i
25
254
27i
284
31
324
324
LAND ROUTES
Easy undulating track. Some wheat-fields.
Yerankos, village of 30 houses. A stream in an onen
valley at the foot of Plr 'Omar Gudrun | m. to r. of
the track. Some cultivation and fruit. Altitudp nf
village 2,745 ft. Track stony. 0t
Pir 'Omar Gudrun peak (9,700 ft.) to NW., a rugged conical
mass scored by ravines; good landmark. Rounded
easy hills opposite. Zawiyeh village with lame orchards
^ up a gorge with stream.
Steep ascent by short zigzags for 200yds. across a spur-
might be avoided by keeping S. Several ravines from,
the lower slopes of Pir 'Omar Gudrun.
Alt. 2,800 ft. The plain here is 4-5 m. wide. Small
villages high up the mountain to the SW.
Track descends into stony valley, crossing water-course at
the foot. Descent and ascent easy. Good going.
Qara Cliatau, 150 houses at the foot of a rocky spur from
the r. Fig-orchards irrigated by springs. Track 5 ft.
wide through orchards and village.
Ruined village.
Some huts | m. to the r. under the hill-side.
Su Sai, 60 huts on a large stream i m. to 1. Orchards
along the stream.
Khan-i-Miran, 50 houses 1 m. to 1. Alt, 2,420 ft. Con
siderable cultivation. Track here divides, one branch
following the centre of the valley, and rejoining the
present track at Dukhan ferry (m. 47A),
End of plain. Track follows a broad valley running NW.
The main valley runs W. to the Lesser Zab. Between
these valleys is a rugged group of hills covered with low
trees and brushwood.
Rocky ridge 300-400 ft. high in plain i m. to r.
Track follows a narrow winding ledge for a short distance,
undulating over clay spurs.
Tabin River, swift stream over gravel, 30 yds. wide, 2 ft.
deep, lined with willows, poplars, and orchards. Spring.
Track now follows a narrow ledge on the far side of the
valley.
Track skirts range to r. and ascends small valley along
a water-course. Breadth of track 12ft.
Steep zigzags in the hill-side and then a gradual ascent.
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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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