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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [313] (322/432)
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 49 b
313
c Ain esh-Sharid, ruin-field, and spring near which is some
cultivation. Low ridge running W. begins on N. It is
1-2 m. from the track.
Between this point and m. 57 are several water-courses.
Apparently in this neighbourhood (2J hrs. ride from
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
el-Ibreh) lies the spring of 'Ain Tineh, under the
ridge to the N., ^ hr. ride WSW. of it are said to
lie the four springs of 'Ain el-G-hassau, lukewarm and
sulphurous.
To SS W. from 'Ain el-Ghassan, about one day's march distant, is seen
a hill called Tel Tartar, in which a tepid sulphurous spring takes
its rise. This spring was believed by traveller of 1880 to be
a head of the Tartar River. Other springs feeding the Tartar-
seem to lie near Beled Sinjar.
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
containing water (December). This
wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
is apparently
a short distance W. of 'Ain el-Ghassan.
El-Khan, ruins of a large khan beside the track. Springs
in the neighbourhood called El-Hararat, or 'Ain el-
Khan. In 1906 the Mendikan tribe was encamped here.
The bulk of the tribe are Yezidi by religion, but the
Sheikhs and some of the families are Moslem. Ground
from about here to Beled Sinjar was reported as very
soft in January 1880, owing to the melting of snow on
the hills.
Cross large
wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
with steep banks. To N. (1-|—2 m. dis
tant) are a number of hills, outliers of the chain called
Et-Toq. These hills run in a line parallel with the
water (about WSW.). Beyond them to NW. (not yet in
sight) lies the eastern end of the main Sinjar range.
Village about ^ m. to N. of track. Four in a line
running E. and W. lie in a plain to S.
Cross
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Dajis.
Cross
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
en-Naml.
Cross
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Delukhan. About this point the first peak
of Jebel Sinjar comes in sight.
Deep
wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
.
Cross
wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
.
Cross stream. Large Yezidi village of Milirkan to N. on
the slopes of a hill (1880).
Pass Qara Tepeli, or Tel Aswad, which lies to N. of
track.
Pass Esh-Keptali village, lying to N. of track.
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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.
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- 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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