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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [304] (313/432)
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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304
CONNEXIONS BETWEEN TIGEIS AND
EUPHRATES VALLEYS
ROUTE 48
ANAH—BAGHDAD
A cross the D esert
The desert between Baghdad and Anah was traversed (from Anah
to Baghdad) in the autumn of 1908 by officials of the MacAndrew
and Forbes Liquorice Co., who made the journey on horseback.
Their object was to inspect the route with a view to a proposed
motor-car service. The details given in (C) below are based on their
information. In September 1909 the desert from Anah to Baghdad
was crossed by a motor-car (see (A) below), and in November the
return journey was made (see (B) below). Both (A) and (C) journeys
were made via Helwat wells, but it is impossible to say exactly how
far (A), (B), and (C) coincide. It was reported in 1908 that Sallh
er-Kashid of the Suq Abu Leban on the r. bank of the Tigris at
Baghdad knew this route, and had several men always passing over
it. He used to run the camel overland post, and owned riding
camels. He was to be found at the coffee shop of 'Ugeil.
The route lies across level plain on slightly undulating ground,
which would seem generally to afford good hard going, though in
places tyres may be cut or punctured. Apparently in the region
E. of Hit the desert is broken by wadis, which would give some
trouble to vehicles. In the neighbourhood of Baghdad and near
Lake Aqarquf the ground is liable to inundation in spring, and
near Baghdad the going would be heavy after much rain.
There are no permanent habitations in the desert, and no supplies
can be counted on. Water very scarce, from a few wells (see (A)
and (B) below).
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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.
- Physical characteristics
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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- Title
- 'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1:422, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence