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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [293] (302/432)
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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ROUTE 46
298
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Hajlau. All these wadis give grazing in spring; but
they were found to be somewhat serious obstacles by a
traveller (1908) passing over the route with two light
wagons. Before reaching Hadlseh there is a cave in a cliff
beside the road which will shelter a caravan of 100 animals.
Hadiseh. A good place to camp on r. bank opposite the
village. Supplies and grazing to be had. There is a
bad khan.
Note .—Authority, 1909, gives the following times between Jibbeh
and Hadlseh (some of the intermediate points cannot be
identified) :—
Jibbeh—W. Hammam | hr.
W. Hammarn—W, Abu'l Hasan 1| hr.
W. Abu 1 ! Hasan—Altis % hr.
Alus—W. Zughdan | hr.
W. Zughdan—W. Fadiyeh 1 hr.
W. Fadiyeh—W. Hajlan ^ hr.
W. Hajlan—Hadlseh hr.
From Hadlseh to Feheimeh is said to be better going than
the previous stage. The track keeps on the plateau
parallel with the river and about 1 m. from it for the
first 8 m. There is said to be good camping-ground
between Hadlseh and Feheimeh.
Cross the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Ausayiyeh.
Feheimeh village and jzaptieh post. Swamp at mouth of
wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
near post.
A good deal of work is required on the stretch to Anah to
make the road easy for wheeled traffic. There is abundance
of stone, and labour in plenty can be obtained from
Anah and the neighbouring villages. Road and T.L.
leave river for high ground. The road is described by
one authority as bad until it returns to the river.
Hereabouts road and T.L. rejoin river and continue close
_ to its bank as far as Anah.
Anah becomes visible about this point; it extends some
6 m. along the river.
Track descends to cross a water-course with a pebbled bed.
There is a bridge here, in disrepair before the war. The
Anah end was in 1907 much dilapidated, leaving a step 4 ft.
high. Owing to this wheeled traffic had to cross 2^ m. up
the torrent bed by another bridge. Before reaching Anah
two new bridges over shallow but rocky gullies are
crossed (1907).
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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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