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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [329] (338/432)
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 52, 53
329
Miles from
Hit
288i
m
310i
322i
328
330
336
360
and the route begins to traverse a fertile country with
good grazing.
El-Ha'il district is entered, crossed by the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Ha'il.
El-'Aitsah district is entered. It contains the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
SaVah
Bi'ar.
Large square building of hewn stones called Qasr Saigal,
which marks the beginning of the territory of the same
name.
Khan Abu esh-Shameli, in ruins, with only the lower
part standing. The walls are of unhewn stone, and
about 8 ft. thick.
Ain er-Rahib lies in the hills to r. It is said to hold
water only occasionally.
El-Maqsureh, large rectangular building in ruins. This
is either near"to, or the same as, the place called by
another traveller Birket Senbin.
Dumeir, village of houses closely packed together.
Damascus.
EOUTE 53
ABU KEMAL—TADMOR (228 m.)
Authority :—Routes in Arabia, Route 188, journey in March, 1910.
There is no direct track. The bearings given are only approximate,
and only indicate general directions. Water is very scarce, especially
after m. 61. The time given is 6 {dh days.
Miles from
Abu
Kemal
0 Abu Eiemal. (For track from Erek see 54, m. 103.)
Bear WNW. (295°) over stony grassy plain with gentle
slopes (say 1 in 80).
Reach a stretch of broken ground running NE. and SW.
The hillocks composing it are about 50 ft. high ; the soil
is stony. The slopes of the valleys between are about
1 in 30. This broken ground is about 4 m. wide, and is
succeeded by the plain with slopes slightly steeper than
before (say 1 in 60).
.1, I V J U, IIWWI
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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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