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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [318] (327/432)
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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LAND EOUTES
L
Miles from
Sekenik
m
14
17
24
25|
26i
294
31i
354
Watershed
The boundary between adjacent drainage basins.
about 2,250 ft. above sea level, and about 570 ft
above the plain. Main Sinjar range to r., Jebel Jereibeh
to 1. Pass about ^ m. wide.
At some point on the descpnt, apparently not far beyond
the col, the route to the Khabur here described diverges
in a NW. direction from the Nisibin route, which
proceeds N. down the valley of the Howeir Khalid
stream (see vol. iv. Route 92 a).
The route winds among the hills bearing gradually to the W.
c Ain Roman, a small spring. Here the track emerges from
the pass, and proceeds in a westerly direction over an
undulating plain parallel with the Jereibeh hills, which
lie to the S. To the N. the Kurdish mountains are
visible in the distance. Several small streams flowing
from the Jereibeh hills are crossed.
Pass Gyrgeh. village.
Eoute bears now about WNW., rising over more sharply
undulating ground.
Eeach a strip of cultivated land bordering the E. side of
the Khatuuiyeh Lake. This piece of water is triangular,
with the apex to the N., apparently covering about 4 sq. m.
in the dry season. Its northern and western sides, and at
least the western part of its southern shore, are marshy.
Its water is brackish but drinkable. The route bears
to NW. to pass round the northern end of the lake.
(The southern end appears to be less marshy, but the
ground there is more undulating. No further details
appear to be available.)
Enter marshy ground N. of the lake. On a peninsula in
the lake is the wretched village of Khatnuiyeh. The
track skirts the shore of the lake to its extreme northern
corner.
Track emerges from marshes and runs about SW. over
undulating ground.
Track bears about WSW.
Track runs along a low ridge forming the northern side of
boggy area called El -Haul (El-Hol), which lies about
60-100 ft. below the summit of the ridge. El-Haul is
rather over -J m. broad, runs E. and W. with a curve
towards the N., and is bordered on the S. by low spurs
of the Jereibeh hills.
From this point the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
31-Frati, a deep water-course
II
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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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