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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [297] (306/432)
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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KOUTE 46
297
Tamarisk copses.
In spring 1907 Abu Rashid Arabs were seen here. Camels
in the tamarisk thickets belonged to the Anazeh Arabs.
Shawi Arabs with flocks and herds seen here in spring 1907.
A short distance farther, after crossing a low pass, a narrow
flood basin is seen, left isolated (in spring 1907) by the
river.
Qishlaq Sabkhah, small village, seat of a Mudir. Barracks
and fair-sized khan with T.O. Watering-place on river
below barracks.
Track enters a forest of tamarisk, 10-13 ft. high, and con
tinues through it for 4 m.
Track skirts a tract fenced with bundles of camel thorn,
which is the pasture of the head-quarters of the rich Suan
tribe.
Track descends sharply to a grassy or cultivated plain,
across which it runs.
Raqqah. on opposite (1.) bank of river (18 m. from Sabkhah
according to one account).
Note .—A 4 ;0 -h .p. Argyll ear left Aleppo, May 31, 1910, and going
via Nahr Dahab, Deir Hafir (41; hrs.), Meskeneh (5j hrs.), and
Abu Hureireh reached Raqqah in 9 hrs. The return journey took
8^ hrs. From Raqqah to Abu Hureireh the road was smooth, but
the last part was uneven and stony. From Eaqqah to Aleppo can
be ridden in three days.
Eoute passes among low hills continuing for 11 m.
El-Hammam.
Bad khan (1908), a few huts and post. T.O. Not
much grazing. Tamarisk thickets in neighbourhood.
Track now good, over undulating ground. The conspicuous
tower of Qal'ah Jabir on 1. bank of the Euphrates below
Abu Hureireh forms a landmark. An alternative track
appears to lead to S.
Tel eth-Thedeyein. Branch track S.toHama (see Route56).
Abu Hureireh. watch-tower and zaptieh post.
Poor grazing.
Track rises and passes through corn-fields (not irrigated)
belonging to Weldeh Arabs.
Yellowish soil; there is a larger tract of plough land on a
plateau.
Ruins of Eski Meskeneh. are seen on hills to W. Here
are two shrines.
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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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