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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [301] (310/432)
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 47
301
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all
Miles from
Anali
124
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144
147i
149
153
155i
160
164
166
166
170
1641
166i
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172
176
176^
177
178
1824
Reach the 1. bank of the KhaMr close to its junction with
the Euphrates. Cross by a ferry to the r. bank. The ferry
boat in 1910 would not carry loaded animals.
Buseireh village on the r. bank, at the SW. corner of the
ruins of the ancient city of Circesium.
The track now is through thinly populated country, partly
irrigated by water-wheels. Between the road and the
river there lies generally a stretch of low ground, a former
bed of the river, which now flows more to the W.
Occasional mounds marking the sites of former villages.
Deir ez-Zor on the r. bank. For the bridge over the
Euphrates see p. 128.
Es-Senujeh village. Continuous cultivation ends. Track
now monotonous, through country inhabited only by
semi-nomads, chiefly Baggarah.
El-Maisheh, tent-village on an arm of the Euphrates (1880).
Some rice and durra cultivation.
Abu Sfir, tent-village 1 m. to 1.
Upper end of a western bend of the Euphrates.
Upper end of a western bend of the river.
Reach the foot of a ridge which the track crosses.
Summit.
Reach the foot of the ridge.
Umm Bejeibeh, ruins on a hill under the N. side of which
is an old channel of the river which has carried away
part of the hill. The modern El-Munqareh lies
under the slope. It was partly ruined in 1909, though
it had been built only ten years before.
El-Kubra, ziyaret ^ m. from the river. The banks are
sandy and fall steeply to the river, which is very broad
at this point.
Track now runs across the plain.
Reach the foot of the El-Hammar Hills (see IV H,
m. 46). Ascend.
Summit on which are the ruins of the ancient fortress of
Zalubiyeh. (see Route IV H, m. 46). Descend.
Reach the foot of the ridge on which Zalubiyeh stands.
Track lies under cliffs along river.
Ruins of the fortress of Halebiyeh opposite on r. bank of the
Euphrates. The valley narrows (see IV H, m. 47).
Cross the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
el-Melih, a broad stream.
Ascend a ridge.
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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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