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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [295] (304/432)
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 46 295
Miles from
Kuin -mound called Tel Madquq (60 ft. high), graves on
the summit. A smaller Tel Madquq is a short distance
nearer Abu Kemal. Tamarisk growth covers the plain
to Salahiyeh.
Salahiyeh khan and zaptieh post.
In about | m. the road reaches foot of cliffs and continues
to run beneath them. #
At the extremity of a promontory of these cliffs, or about
1 hr. distant from Salahiyeh khan (one authority gives
the distance as m.), are the remains of the Koman
fortress of Salahiyeh, through which the road runs,
having zigzagged up the otherwise inaccessible cliffs.
The ascent begins with a masonry culvert forming a
steep ramp constructed in 1906. The ruins comprise
a gypsum wall some 15 ft. in height, running from one
side of the promontory to the other (about ^ m.) with
gate towers in the centre, 30-40 ft. in height. An inner
wall at the NE. corner of the promontory marks the site
of the citadel. Eoad keeps across high, stony ground
for 9 m. ^ . . n
Road now descends to and crosses a large plain. Ruins of
Qalah Rahbeh on high ground can be seen for 12 m.
This is a well-preserved castle on an abrupt rocky knoll
246 ft. above river-level. x The knoll is scarped away in
places and faced with stone and brick. Ascent is very
difficult. In the castle is a blocked well 60 ft. deep.
Meyyadin.
The road proceeds skirting what was till lately the river
bed, now dry. It then lies mostly across a level plain,
at first grassy. As Deir ez-Zor is approached the ground
rises and is covered with wormwood. Large spring and
summer camps of the Anazeh with flocks and herds, and
many mares come for grazing on the Meyyadln Plain
which extends W. some 25 m., terminating as the edge of
the desert plateau sweeps round to the river again shortly
before Deir ez-Zor. The plain is very fertile, and once was
thickly peopled. It is still the most populated region
between Birijik and Hilla. T.L. appears to run generally
I-I tt m. W. of road.
Difficult crossing of a ravine with bed of gravel and
sand.
Cultivation, edge of desert plateau near river.
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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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- 'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917'
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