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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [288] (297/432)
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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288
THE EUPHRATES VALLEY
ROUTE 46
BAGHDAD—ALEPPO (524 m.)
Via the Euphrates Valley
Authorities :—Dobbs's Keport of 1903; Mi (a report of April
1896) ; Bury, Baghdad — Aleppo Road, March-April 1907; Route reports of
May-June 1905, Nov. 1905, and March 1908 and 1909; J. P. Peters,
1897 ; Sarre & Herzfeld, ArchaologischeReise (journey of 1907-8) ; E. von Hoff-
meister, Kairo — Baghdad— Konstantinopel (journey of 1908); oral information.
This is a regular caravan route. Caravans take from 20 to 25
days; a carriage about 15 days. It is on the whole suitable for
wheeled traffic, although some stretches are so sandy and others so
stony as to necessitate slow going; the going is good over other
stretches where the ground is level and hard. A 40-h .p. Argyll
motor-car went over the stretch from Anah to Aleppo in 31 hrs.
It experienced little difficulty up to Deir Hafir, except where the
road was being remade near Tibni. There was one bad
wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
, but
once over the Tibni Hills the running to Sabkhah was excellent.
Prom Deir Hafir the road was greasy after rain, and considerable
difficulty was experienced. Prom Kaqqah to Aleppo a motor journey
has been done in 8^ hrs. See note at m. 410.
As far as Pellujeh there is a good, although unmetalled, driving
road. At Pellujeh the route crosses the Euphrates and goes along
its r. bank to Meskeneh via Hit and Anah. There are some
troublesome wadis between Hit and Anah, which might require
improvement for heavy wheeled traffic. There are also numerous
gullies between Deir and Qishlaq Ma'dan, some of which are now
bridged. At Meskeneh the route leaves the Euphrates, and stretches
W. across a great unirrigated but not uncultivated plain to Aleppo.
The road is at its worst in May when the river is in flood and the
wadis are full of water, but even then it is passable for wheels. There
are very few gradients, and those that do occur are short. Between
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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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