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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [263] (272/432)
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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ROUTE 42
263
the village. 2 m. NE. is a well-marked rocky ridge,
rising 400 to 500 ft., covered with low oak shrubs, and
extending towards Koi Sanjaq. Kermanji or Kurdish
only spoken here in 1902. No one knew Turkish.
Zaptiehs usually can act as interpreters. Plenty of
open space suitable for camping troops. Water from
the springs. Firewood from ridge to N. Supplies in
small quantities. Sheep and cattle from nomad tribes.
Time from Erbil, 5-5| hrs. The times given in brackets
from this point to Degareh are from Mil Report ; the
distances cannot be exactly estimated.
Keep parallel to the ridge, avoiding deep ravines to the r. _
Cross ravine with stream from a spring (20 min.). Baqli
village, 20 huts, ^ m. down this ravine.
Cross several shallow ravines (30 min.). iLgliliai, 10 huts,
i m. to r., down a ravine with stream, which is crossed.
Eidge 1| m. to the 1. covered with oak scrub.
Cross broad stony bed of ravine, dry October 1902 (47
min.). Cross a stream. Good level track.
Cross a larger ravine with short steep descent (1 hr. 5 min.).
Descend steeply by short zigzags among rocks into a large
ravine with the Zazir Su flowing SW. from a gap in the
ridge to the 1. (1 hr. 25 min.). Another ridge is visible
through the gap, parallel to the first. Stream-bed 30 yds.
broad and nearly dry (October 1902), the water being
diverted into irrigation canals. Cotton cultivation.
Degareh (1 hr. 50 min.), 40 houses on the slope of the 1.
bank, up which the track steeply winds. Level track
when the ravine is passed. Gradient would require
improving here for wheels.
Track rough and stony, but level.
Cross a stream in a broad ravine, going SW.
A cluster of houses at the foot of the ridge, i rn. to the 1.,
near a spring. Cross several shallow ravines, dry in
October 1902, but containing water in spring. Good
soil, but little cultivated. Near here would be a good
site for camping troops. Water from ^ spring near
Tatawwul and streams. Firewood from ridge to the N.
Supplies scarce. Track rough, but passable tor guns.
Rocky mound to r., 30 min. farther on. Then cross dry
ravine (35 min.); a rough stony track continues to three
dry ravines (1 hr.), and later another (1^ hr. ; 10 min.
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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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