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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [319] (328/432)
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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\a
Miles from
Sekenik
38
48
52
54|
66
78
75^
77|
80i
EOUTE 49 c
319
running into the Kh&lbur, about 1 m. )ovo Tononir, is
about 6 m. distant, and can be reached by striking about
WNW. across the plain. In the upper part of its course
its banks are marshy, and the sides of its valley are
apparently broken by small ravines. There are said to
be numerous springs in the valley (this is apparently
based on native information). . .
The direct route to Tenenir continues along the ridge
bordering El-Haul, which here trends in a WS^/V.
direction.
Mound and spring called Tnleil el-Mureir. The western
end of El-Haul apparently lies not far beyond this point.
After the end of El-Haul is passed the track crosses
a bare plain, the surface of which is gypsum. In a few
fissures which traverse this plain grass is to be found
in spring. Tenenir lies about W. by S. from here.
Keach the 1. bank of the Khabur at the mound of Tenenir.
No details showing whether or in what seasons the
Khabur is here fordable seem to be available. Either
side of the Khabur can be followed from here to
Shedadi. , , .
As to the facilities or obstacles for wheeled tralhc, no
information is available.
(i) Boute continued hy Left Bank.
Distances only roughly estimated. Details of wadis ? &c.,
not available.
Tel Suheimiyeh, on 1. bank of Khabur.
Tel Taban, on 1. bank of Khabur ? which is here cultivated.
Tel e Araban on opposite side of Khabur. The 1. bank is
here cultivated.
Tel Gharqanah on 1. bank of Khabur. The bank is
cultivated for some distance below this point and there
are two or three villages close to the river.
Sheriat Baajeh, a ford at a bend of the river a short
distance above a village on the r. bank. Cultivation on
1. bank.
Village and cultivation on 1. bank.
Shedadi, on opposite side of Khabur.
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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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- 'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917'
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