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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [276] (285/432)
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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276
Miles from
Raniyeh
27i
27A
31i
82i
32i
33
84i
36^
36|
37i
38^
38|
40i
LAND KOUTES
»Summit, 5,940 ft. This pass is closed for three months in
the year, from the middle of December to the middle of
March, by 3-4 ft. of snow. Steep range to E., a long
spur from the Qandll Dagh called the Nuchewan or
Nalkewan Dagh.
Good grass in the uplands in summer.
Large spring. Descend a bare stony valley, 300-400 yds.
wide, bordered by rocky ridges.
Track follows a stream formed by the overflow of the
spring.
Cross stream from a narrow gorge on 1. which rises in
a high ridge m. distant. Very rough going. Alt
5,380 ft.
Cross another ravine from 1.
Follow a narrow 2-3 ft. ledge for m. The stream is below
to r. A few low shrubs and trees.
Descend by short steep zigzags into the stream-bed.
Eough going.
Bend to 1., crossing a valley from the SW. with a stream.
Valley now 600 yds. wide, bordered by crags. It is now
called Nalkewan Valley.
Distances very doubtful.
Follow a path through a thicket. Grass more plentiful,
and trees larger as descent is made.
Cross mouth of ravine from 1.
Valley now 400-500 yds. wide.
Ascend a neck, leaving the stream, which enters a narrow
wooded gorge. Easy gradient, but rough track.
Summit of small col, 5,210 ft. Enter another valley
300-400 yds. wide.
Descend through thick forest with much underwood. Track
obstructed by boulders. Valley 100 yds. broad. Track
follows a stream-bed.
Alt. 4,620 ft. Better going.
Eound a spur from the r.
Traverse a forest of fine oaks. Some pears, hawthorns, and
low shrub. Good grass. Valley 200 yds. wide. The
range to r. is more sloping than that to 1., which
consists of vertical sheets of limestone cut up by craggy
glens.
Eound craggy spurs from 1. Valley gradually opens out.
Cross rocky spur. Alt. 3,770 ft. Valley f m. wide.
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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)
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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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