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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [286] (295/432)
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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286
LAND KOUTES
Grirdamamik ferry, and beyond the after running to Eishwan
turns NE. and joins lioute 45 a not far from Harlr. The route
may be passable for wheels as far as the Zab. Beyond that
river to Harlr it may continue passable, but there is no definite
information on this point. For the rest of the route, see 45 a.
Miles from
Mosul
0
41
2
m
21?
27
34
40
43
Mosul. Cross to r. bank of Tigris by the boat-bridge and
enter the mounds of Nineveh. Pass Qoyunjiq on 1.
apd Nebi Yunns on r. Cross the Khizir, 12 ft. broad,
6 in. deep in October 1886.
Emerge on open undulating plain with light gravelly soil
growing good wheat crops. Follow a well-defined broad
track.
Pass Arpajiyeh, small Moslem village, with good water
from wells 20 ft. below surface.
Pass Eolan Tepeh, Ea Zuwayehf?), and G-urighariban,
and through Qara Tepeh, a Shabbakh village.
Pass Derawish. and Ba Jerboa.
Basheikha at the foot of some bare outliers from Jebel
Maqlub to NE.
Ba Hazeineh, 200 houses, m. to W. The inhabitants were
mostly Yezidis in 1886, with some Christians. Several
Yezidi shrines on the hill near. A large stream runs
through the place, irrigating gardens lower down.
Track now keeps E. through a wide gap between the Jebel
Maqlub on the N. and the Jebel c Ain es-Safra (Sari
Bnlaq Dagh.) on the S.
Cross a col by the ruined khan of Dubardan. (Distance
from Basheikha 15^ m. according to Mil. appar
ently exaggerated.)
Sheikh Mutti monastery to N. up the slope of Jebel
Maqlub. A few Shabbakh villages near the top of the
col. Country passable for wheels.
Descend over easy country, ford the Ghazir Su, and pass
through Dusera on the 1. bank.
In this neighbourhood route crosses to S. of 45 a.
Cross low ridge and reach Girda pan in a basin draining
into the Ghazir Su.
Cross another ridge and descend to the Great Zab.
Cross the Great Zab by a ferry.
Girdamamik village on the 1. bank, above the junction
with the Bastoreh Chai.
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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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