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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [298] (307/432)
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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298
LAND ROUTES
Miles from
Bag-hdad
470
482
486
502
524
486
487-|
489
4894
496
505
515
518
524
Meskeneh ; the river is here 1^ m. distant.
The road here leaves the river and proceeds W. by N.
Sulphur pool and ruins of a khan (Abu Karmess ?). Near
here the road divides.
(i) Left Branch.
This is said to be better supplied with water than the
other. It crosses a rolling plain growing scanty, stunted
barley, harvested in May. Villages of beehive-shaped huts,
tents, and flocks are seen, and water is got from wells in
the limestone, 2-3 ft. below the surface. Some of these
wells are brackish.
Tel Aghul, a beehive hut village of Haddidin Arabs.
There are good water and grass here (May-June). The
road now continues over stony soil, well cultivated.
Jebbul, large village and saptieh post, with streams on both
sides and good grass camping-ground to N. The salt in
the neighbourhood is worked by the Government. Eoad
still through cultivated country, but rough with loose
stones.
Aleppo. (For description of town, see vol. iv, Gazetteer.)
(ii) Eight Bkanch.
The usual caravan route. Heavy going in wet weather.
Pass a village, and shortly after cross a stream flowing
from Ala.
Pass Ala village.
Beir Hafir, village with khan and a few shops. Spring
and stream of good water. Country covered with grass
in spring ; numerous Arab camps.
Pass a small marsh.
Pass an isolated mound. Spring of good water.
Safireh. Mounds at long intervals. From this point the
route perhaps coincides with that detailed from an older
account in Boute 57, m. 123^-139.
Terekiah. Many old dry wells, vaults in the rock. The
mouths are open and they are therefore dangerous in the
dark. One, with a well-head over it, held water in
1907, at an estimated depth of 40 ft.
Long lake at the foot of a chain of hills.
Aleppo.
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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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