!['Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [‎277] (286/432)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100023045519.0x000001/IOR_L_MIL_17_15_41_4_0286.jp2/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg "'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [‎277] (286/432)")
'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [277] (286/432)
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. .
Transcription
This transcription is created automatically. It may contain errors.
<0
EOUTE 44 c 277
Miles from
Baniyeh
Track broad and well defined over clay and shale, on W.
side of the valley, undulating over low spurs. Follow
stream in rocky bed 400-500 yds. to r.
Valley now |-1 m. wide. Wheat and vine cultivation.
Broad 20 ft. track.
Round a low mound.
Gurrawan, 50 houses, at the mouth of a rocky gorge
through which a large stream emerges. This runs up
3 m., and opens out laterally 3 m. each way, forming
the upper valley of Gurrawan, in which some villages
are seen high up the mountain, with cultivation and
vineyards.
Terraced cornfields and vineyards along the stream. Fruit
trees include pears, apricots, apples, plums, and mul
berries.
Opposite is the valley of Guillau. Through a narrow gorge
can be seen a huge basin, 3 m. in diameter, shut in by
a perpendicular wall of rock at the top.
Large stream through the gorge.
Broad track, 12-15 ft. wide, between low stone walls.
Remaining distances uncertain.
Cross a stream from craggy ravines to W. Alt. 3,180 ft.
Descend by a narrow 2-3 ft. ledge in the soft shale for r, m.
Through vineyards and cultivation. Track now 12-15 ft.
wide. Alt. 2,805 ft.
Bend 500 yds. to W., and cross a gorge from the SW.
similar to Gurrawan.
Stream cuts through a gorge m. long, bordered by cliffs
60 ft. high. Ascend spur to 1. through thinly wooded
country.
Stream emerges from s-orsre and enters a flat grassy valley
500-600 yds. wide.
Skirt foot of flat-topped spur forming a sort of barrier across
the valley: masonry watch-tower on the end of it, now
in ruins.
Bend 400 yds. to 1,, crossing a large stream from a gorge
to W., up which an elevated plateau is visible. At the
mouth of the gorge is Firkeari, 100 houses (alt. 2,500 ft.).
This point is given in the M as 13 m. beyond
Gurrawan, but the time is only 1 hr. 19 min. from
reaching that point.
Along stream-bank are terraces of orchards and vineyards.
About this item
- Content
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.
- Physical characteristics
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.
- Written in
- English in Latin script View the complete information for this record
Use and share this item
- Share this item
'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [277] (286/432), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/MIL/17/15/41/4, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023493070.0x000057> [accessed 22 February 2025]
https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023493070.0x000057
Copy and paste the code below into your web page where you would like to embed the image.
<meta charset="utf-8"><a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023493070.0x000057">'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [‎277] (286/432)</a> <a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023493070.0x000057"> <img src="https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100023045519.0x000001/IOR_L_MIL_17_15_41_4_0286.jp2/full/!280,240/0/default.jpg" alt="" /> </a>
This record has a IIIF manifest available as follows. If you have a compatible viewer you can drag the icon to load it.https://www.qdl.qa/en/iiif/81055/vdc_100023045519.0x000001/manifestOpen in Universal viewerOpen in Mirador viewerMore options for embedding images
Copyright: How to use this content
- Reference
- IOR/L/MIL/17/15/41/4
- Title
- 'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1:422, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence