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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [334] (343/432)
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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1
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334
Miles from
Deir ez-
Zor
86i
87^
90|
97|
99A
101|
103
109i
HOi
113
118
LAND ROUTES
Pass a ruined Quhheh or shrine, from which the Tulul
el-Qubbeh get their name.
Khan el-Ehuleilat on the 1.
Pass a rectangular water reservoir 20 to 30 ft. square.
Mound and ruins on r., remains of a Mohammedan
settlement.
Cross the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
er-Ramamil.
Cross the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
et-Tumeid; ruined khan of the same
name to r. of route.
Eeach the edge of a basin in which Erek lies. Track
changes direction from SW. to SSW.
Erek. Village of 15 to 20
Fellahin
Arabic for ‘peasant’. It was used by British officials to refer to agricultural workers or to members of a social class employed primarily in agricultural labour.
families, lying in a
small basin surrounded by low hills. At a short
distance to the NE. there is a on rising ground.
As the single well lying N. of the has very little
water, the settlement can never be large. The water is
sulphurous, but not to the same extent as at Palmyra.
There are some small vineyards and patches of culti
vated land. Erek is 5|- hrs. by carriage from Sukhneh.
A track E. across the desert to Abu Kemal (see
lioute 53) leaves the Deir—Damascus route near Erek.
Jebel el-'Amr is to N. of route, 5 m. distant.
Track now runs due W. Cross three wadis.
Pass ruins of khan called Qasr el-Ahmar, at the foot of
the Jebel et-Tuleituweh, which now changes its name
to Jebel el-Qatar.
A depression in the hills to r. Behind this depression
there are said to be springs called 'Ain el-Qatar, and
farther N. another well, called 'Am el-Milah (' salt-
spring ').
Prom here Tel Eira lies due S., a long distance away,
and further S. the Jebel el-Grhurab, not far from the
Hit—Damascus route.
Tadmor (Palmyra). Pop. 1,500, sedentary Arabs of
various tribes. They have little part in the caravan
trade from Deir to Damascus^ being practically confined
to a share in the transportation of salt and potash.
They also cultivate fields to the SE. of the city and
work at the exploitation of the salt lake or marsh called
Sabkhah or Mamlahah which lies about 2 m. out in
the desert-and about 4 m. from the city. It is about
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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.
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- 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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