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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [249] (258/432)
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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EOUTE 38 249
Miles from
Snlei-
maniyeh
34 Surdash, 100 houses divided by a rocky spur, at the foot
of Askut Dagh. This mountain rises 2,000 ft. above the
village in a steep wall of rock with a jagged summit.
It is quite impassable.
Two large springs irrigating orchards. Abundant grazing
on the hill-sides. Many oaks and poplars.
The track is now stony and winding, and runs parallel to
the Askut Dagh.
35| Track crosses small stream lined with mulberry and fig-
trees. Vine cultivation. Then follows descent over
stony spurs.
36| Small V-shaped valley on r. with orchards and vineyards.
Track stony and rugged.
37 Cross broad spur. Alt. 2,750 ft. Track easier.
38i Steep, narrow descent, with short zigzags among boulders.
G-aichina village, 50 houses on a plateau. A small stream
lined with orchards of pomegranates, figs, and vines runs
through the village. Alt. 2,555 ft. Fertile ravines near.
Sarka Kailkusma Dagh, ridge to SW. Wheat cultivation
on the lower slopes. Oaks and brushwood in the ravines.
Villages high up.
Track for ^ m. descends steeply along a 10-ft. ledge in the
hill-side.
39-| Easier slope through wheat-fields; along a lane with low
stone walls. Alt. 2,125 ft.
Some huts ^ m. to r. high up on the hill-side.
39| Cross narrow stream from a gorge in the Askut Dagh,
40 Oaks, poplars, and orchards on a large stream to r. fiowing
to the Lesser Zab. Eliani Khan village, 40 huts, in this
neighbourhood,
40i Good 12-ft. field-track, following general line of valley
towards the Lesser Zab. Alt. 1,900 ft.
41§ Cross stream lined with terraced vineyards and orchards.
Valley fertile and well wooded. Track easy.
41| Pass ziydret in a grove of oaks. These surround the shrine.
The trees in such cases are never cut. Track undulates
over stony spurs from the r. Alt. 1,700 ft.
42| Pass village of 30 houses high up to r. at base of cliff. The
Askut Dagh now ends in low rounded hills.
42| Steep zigzag descent for 200 yds. over bare shale spurs.
Soil is a soft grey shale.
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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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