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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [255] (264/432)
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 40
255
!i»
Miles from
Altun
Koprii
481
49i
51|
52|
53|
54
55
56i
Ascend ridge diagonally, gradient 1 in 15 to 20, by a track
15 to 20 ft. wide, passable for guns, although rough and
stony at some points.
Ziyaret Heib es-Sultan, spring and shrine.
Summit of ridge, alt. 2,940 ft. (2,800 ft. ?). Eoute descends
by short zigzags for ^ m., after which easy gradient again.
Follow back of spur with rocky valley on either side. Fine
view of Kaniyeh and Marga plains, with the gap at
Derbend and Pishder Plain beyond.
Limestone is replaced by a soft shale, easily broken but
forming a firm track. Scattered oaks and brushwood.
To the SE. is the valley of the Kelek Khan Dereh, which
extends between two ridges for about 3 m. Bakiyan,
20 houses, and Kani 'Othman, 60 houses, are Kurd
villages up this valley with orchards and trees.
A track runs to DuMian on the Zab, and thence to Sulei-
maniyeh.
Pass Bakran, 15 houses, on hill to r. among trees. Above
is a steep bluflf, the Kutsrut Dagh, the eastern boundary
of the Kelek Khan Valley.
Track is stony, but fairly level and passable for guns.
Commence ascent of another ridge, parallel to the Heib
es-Sultan, but lower and more rounded.
Summit of ridge, alt. 2,100 ft.; steep descent for last ^ m.;
very stony. Koad 10 ft. wide, revetted on the outside
and in good order.
Route reaches foot of ridge, among rounded outliers and
spurs. Eoom for camping troops here. Good water
from Khudran River and small springs. Firewood from
neighbouring hills. Supplies from Koi Sanjaq and
Raniyeh. The plain should be avoided as a camping-
ground owing to malaria, as the soil is a rich black loam
with numerous small springs. The border hills are
healthy.
Ford the Khudran, a rapid stream flowing from Aughir
Dagh over shingle 100 yds. wide, the channel in October
being 40 ft. wide and 18 in. deep. Follow much-used
track over the plain. Skirt the Khudran, about i m.
from it.
Cross the Serkupkan Su, 30 ft. wide, over gravelly
bottom.
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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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