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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [261] (270/432)
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 41, 42
261
are quartered here during the summer months, but are
withdrawn to Suj Bulaq during the winter.
General direction of route ESE. From Ser Desht to Banah
is about seven hours' journey along an open road with
the Zab to cross en route.
The following villages are passed on the way, the distances
noted being approximate.
Kauibard (Qalabird ?).
Khanihalujeh. About 1 m. to r. and between these two
last villages is Bauejaj.
Siaumeh, where a track joins in from Alut.
Nojgak, with Malmal about 1 m. to 1.
Yakn^bad.
Zervav Snfia.
Ganzaleh.
Sueru, to the 1.: Dumau less than 1 m. to r.
Kaupich.
Banah (see Gazetteer of Persia, vol. ii, under Baneh.).
KOUTE 42
ERBIL—KOI SANJAQ (46| m.)
Authorities:—Military Report on E.T.A., vol. iii, Route 110 (report of 1902). Sykes,
Dar-ul-Islam (journey of 1903).
According to native information given in 1903 this route was then
passable for carriages in summer as far as Ashqaf Saqqa, but beyond
that point impassable for wheels, though a good mule-track. Other
information represents it as passable for wheels throughout. Water
is said to be scarce; most of the stream-beds are apparently dry or
nearly so in the low-water season. See further under camping-
grounds mentioned at m. 9, m. 21, and m. 33^.
Miles from
Erbil
0 Erbil. Leaving the khan follow a track E. over the
plain. Pass an open brick duct which brings water
for the town from Imrez. Follow a well-beaten track
over gravelly clay soil.
4 ? Follow a stream about ^ m. to r. Skirt a shallow ravine
and stream-bed (dry in October).
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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.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (214 folios)
- Arrangement
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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- 'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917'
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