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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [273] (282/432)
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 44 a, b, c
273
(8 hrs.) Khata. The track bifurcates here, the right-hand
branch going to Siktan (15 hrs.) and Kbi Sanjaq
(20 hrs. ; 44 m. ?), Track now easy along a valley.
(15 hrs.) Chiwa. Track still easy. Apparently another
route to Koi Sanjaq diverges here to r.
(21 hrs.) Sarwisaweh. Track now over a plain.
(24^ hrs.) Raniyeh.
EOUTE 44 c
RANIYEH—KOWANDUZ (53 m.)
Via the Nalkewan Valley
Authorities:—Military Report on E.T.A., vol. iii, Koute 114 (report of 1888); Sykes,
Dar-ul-Islam (journey of 1903).
This route is simply a mule-track for most of its length, and is
very rough going at many points. It is closed by snow at the
Gurmanjan Pass for three months in the year. Water is plentiful,
but supplies scarce, except in the first and last few miles. Fuel is
plentiful except between m. 20 and m. 30.
Miles from
Raniyeh
0 Bauiyeh (alt. 1,245 ft.). Ascend a wide grassy valley by
a broad track.
Skirt some rocky spurs from the r. The valley narrows
to about f m.
Rocky spur to r.
The ridge, of vertical sheets of rock, rises 1,000 ft. ^ m. to
r. To 1. the hills are also rugged, but more rounded.
Valley narrower and more stony as ascent is made.
Dalaran, Zeban, and Hajireh, small villages along the
ridge to r.
Pass gap in the ridge to 1., 300 yds. wide and ^ m. long,
through which flows the Serkupkau Su, 50 ft. wide and
18 in. deep (May 1888), over a stony bed 200-300 yds.
wide. It enters the upper part of the Eaniyeh Plain,
and joins the Khudran there. A large irrigation channel
takes water in the direction of Raniyeh. Neraban is a
small village at the mouth of the gap.
MES. Ill Q
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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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