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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [321] (330/432)
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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ROUTES 49 c, d, 50 (i)
321
pool, the water in Layard's time being apparently drinkable only by
animals. From Umm edh-Dhiban cross an undulating country (some
what N. of W.) with deep ravines worn by winter torrents. Grazing
in spring, except in some places, where outcrops of gypsum occur.
Skirt Jereibeh hills, which are well-wooded with ilex and dwarf oak,
and contain numerous springs. The springs in the region are said
to be all brackish and unpleasant to the taste, but drinkable, and
the Arabs declared the water to be wholesome, A beaten track was
found and followed, by Layard near the hills, and 'four hours' ride-'
(either from the point where the track was struck or possibly from
Umm edh-Dhiban) brought him to a spring with scanty water. Half
an hour farther on was another spring. ' In five and a half hours'
a small stream near the ruins of an ancient village was reached.
From here the dark line marking the wooded banks of the Khabur
and the 'Abd el-'Aziz range beyond were visible at sunset. Two
hours' ride from this point brought Layard to a Bedouin encamp
ment, and after leaving it 'at length' (apparently not more than
a few miles farther on) he reached the Khabur opposite Tel 'Araban.
'The river was not at this time [end of March] fordable.'
EOUTES 50 (i-vi)
SOME MINOR DESERT ROUTES IN THE SOUTHERN
JEZIREH
(i) B aghdad— E l -H adhe (H atba)
The following account of places at which water is to be found on
a camel-route from Baghdad to El-Hadhr (Hatra) was given to Sachau
hy the Shammar in 1880. The journey by camel is said to take
6 days at 6-8 hours a day.
Abu Tabag.
Abu Nheleh.
Lubbad.
Abu Khasheb.
Et-Tumereh.
Fawareh.
Ez-Zbedi.
Abu'l Gudur.
MES. 1J4
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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)
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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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- 'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1:422, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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