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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [325] (334/432)
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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Miles from
Hit
38
40
56
76
81
EOUTES 51, 52 325
Abu Qir, eight asphalt springs. Ruins of a small square
fort, round which are the foundations of houses, stone
walls, and crumbling mounds of sun-dried brick. Water
abundant and used by the Dilaim to raise a few patches
of corn and clover, but the insecurity of the desert is
too great to allow of permanent occupation.
Temail,
wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
and small village with good water from
a spring. Flocks of goats. Mound with fort of mud
and unhewn stones. It has a single door and round
bastions at the angles of the wall. Below it is a copious
sulphur spring which flows into some cornfields.
Asileh or Er-Redaf on the "
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Bur dan. Four wells
of drinkable water. No village. This is an autumn
camping-ground of the Anazeh.
Track now rises in a gradual slope. On this stage were
noticed a great many colocynth gourds, which are said
only to grow where the plain is very dry.
Asibiyeh. Four wells of drinkable water. No village.
View of palm trees of Eahallyeh.
Kabaliyeh. Oasis surrounded by swamps (see vol. ii,
Boute 17, m. 56).
ROUTE 52
HIT—DAMASCUS (875 m.)
Authorities: —Huber in Bull. de la Soc. de vii, 5 & 6, journey in
1882; Geographical Journal, 1914, journey in 1912; Miss Gr. Bell, Amurath
Amurath, journey in 1909 ; oral information.
This is the route followed by the camel-post which was discontinued
in October 1912. It traverses the desert almost due W. to Dumeir.
From the seventies of last century the post was in English hands,
but Midhat
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
was authorized by the Turkish Government in
1884 to establish a post to compete with the English one. This led
to the latter being discontinued in the eighties, and therefore the
Turkish post alone provided for a weekly exchange of letters between
Baghdad and Damascus. Only ordinary letters, not articles of value,
were taken. Each post rider, in addition to the animal on which he
was mounted, had a reserve camel laden with water. The post-riders
were almost exclusively c Ugeil. Passengers were not officially
recognized, but sometimes accompanied the post at their own expense
and risk. The post was discontinued owing to the frequent attacks
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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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