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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [328] (337/432)
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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328
Miles from
Hit
1144
1621
1601
171
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1861
190
202
222
233i
249i
258i
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272
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LAND ROUTES
own the wells. At 'Aiwar the banks of the
wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
disappear,
and its bed is filled with pebbles and round blocks'
showing that the
wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
is occasionally torrential. The
surroundings of 'Aiwar are hilly, of a compact calcareous
formation. Track now across undulating desert, with
no vegetation.
Arrive at W. extremity of district called El-Dhai c ah or El-
Dhuwai'ah. See m. 43^, above. The less sterile and more
hilly country of El-Gh.arah is now entered. Good grazing.
El-Meluseh, a long chain of hills. Wells. The wells of
Meluseh are also called Er-Rah or El-Grherari.
Camping-place near the Sueib Semhau which flows into
the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Katqah, an affluent of the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Hauran.
Enter the region of El-Harriyeh, a stony desert.
In the next 3 m. cross the three wad is of El-Harriyeh. Enter
the Sawab tract where the rocks are mostly flint and red
limestone.
Cross a small tributary of the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Sawab.
Cross a second tributary.
Cross a third tributary. These streams are about 20-26 ft.
broad, with low banks.
Cross the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
el-Walij in the district of the same name.
Eoute now runs W. across difficult volcanic country. (This
may be avoided by a detour to N. through the barren
Khuweimat region, where the ground is covered with
flints. This detour is about 12 m. longer than the direct
route, which it rejoins about m. 233^.)
Umm Uwel water-pan.
Depression of Eihor et-Tanj. Jebel Salan and Jebel el-
Ghurab lie to N. Ground in this neighbourhood covered
with small fragments of rocks. More rarely large stones
are found resembling unhewn blocks. The plain gives
way to country broken by hills and valleys, in which
excellent grazing is to be found.
Zerqa Kebut district entered. It is covered with black
basaltic stones.
Laqateh. district is entered.
Enter Esh-Sliami district.
About 2-| m. S. of the route are three water-holes. These
belong to the Solubbeh, who resort to them in spring
when they contain water.
El-Merreli district is entered. Here the stony desert ends
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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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