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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [316] (325/432)
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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316
LAND EOUTES
Miles from
Mosul
154 k
161
1644
167i
169
173|
176
176i
178
181
183
There are a few ruins of sun-dried brick and some tombs
on the hill. Before the war there was a store at Shedadi
frequented by the nomads of the neighbourhood. The
place was the residence of a Mudir under the Mutessarif.
of Deir.
The route now turns in southerly direction and runs over
open desert down the western side of the Khabur
Valley.
Route conies close to river bank, crossing a large deep
wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
.
Village on opposite bank in a crook of the river (1908)!
Between this point and Marqadah (m. 176) the track is
usually 1-2 m. from the river.
A low northern prolongation of Hammeh plateau begins
to W. of route and runs about parallel with it for some
miles.
Padgham to E., on the 1. bank of the Khabur.
Tel Shemsaniyeh, mound and ruins, to E. on the r. bank of
the Khabur.
Beyond this point the route runs close to the foot of the
Hammeh. plateau to W.
A part of the Hammeh plateau called Kliisklmr. Here the
plateau edge recedes W. in a crescent. Three small round
summits, called Tuliil el-Ma'zah, rise from the top of
the plateau 8-9 m. to W. Route runs SSW. across the
plain.
Tel to r. of road about 1 m. distant, near the foot of the
plateau which is here converging on the route.
Track crosses a shallow
wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
.
Tel Marqadah mound and ruins on the r. bank of the
Khabur. The SE. corner of the Hammeh plateau close
to the tel on the W. Route now skirts the river bank.
Cross mouth of
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
el-Hammeh, which runs in from the
NW. and forms the SE. boundary of the Hammeh
plateau. River now makes a bend to the E. and the
route leaves the river bank, continuing SSW.
Route touches river bank, and continues down the valley,
cutting off the easterly bends of the stream.
Route passes a point on the river where there is a ford
called Esh-Sheri'ah. A little way below the ford rocks
are visible in the stream (at least in August).
Pass Tel el-Husein, mound and ruins ;on 1. bank. The
river winds very considerably here.
Kii 1
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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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