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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [340] (349/432)
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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340
LAND EOUTES
Miles from
Raqqah
98
107i
114
127
with traces of its foundations enclosing remains of a well
(dry), and some buildings. Outside the wall are remains
of pillars and rough hewn stones. Dry well to N. Other
ruins SW. A report of 1875 says that a well in the plain
to SE. had been cleared by the nomads, and afforded
excellent water.
From Seriyeh a track runs SW. towards Selenuyeh, passing after
about 20 m. Bugheidid, where there is water, and 4 or 5 m.
farther on Es-Sa'an XTmm es-Su'ein, two springs. This latter place
is said to lie about 12-15 m. S. of Anderin, and 6-8 m. E. of Qasr
Werdan (see below).
The track appeal's now to run between NW. and WNW.
? Water-holes.
Bir Abu Barak, well.
About 3^ m. S. of Bir Abu Daruk and 6^ m. from Anderin
(see below, m. 114) lies the ruin-field of Ehirbet el-
Matran. There are here the ruins of a town, the inner
fortifications of which show the same characteristics as
those of Rusafeh. Instead of the usual cisterns or wells
there is a number of large stone basins which have served
to collect rainwater.
To S. are ruin-mounds, and there are similar ruins reported
about 4 m. farther S.
Anderin, the ancient Androna. Within a long rectangular
wall, rounded at the corners, are the ruins of a few cisterns
and churches. The most important are those of a basilica
on the S.
A track here branches off NW. to El- Kharayij, about 9^ m. distant (see
Route 57 under m. 96), passing a good many traces of ancient
water channels.
Track now runs SW. and SSW. over quite flat country
which seems to have been cultivated in earlier times.
Ruins passed are Khirbet el-Majns and Ehirbet el-'Abd
on the r., and Ehirbet Suhah and Ehirbet el-Ehanzir
on the 1. From the track the line of hills called Eesm
el-Humeireh is visible to N., and to NE. the Jebel
Halawan.
Qasr Werdan, ruins.
From here a track runs SW. to Selemiyeh and thence to Horns or
Hama. Cultivation begins on this track at about 6| m. from Qasr
Werdan. The inhabitants are mainly Circassians, living in
villages of beehive-shaped huts. Selemiyeh lies about 25 m. SW.
of Qasr Werdan. It is a modern Turkish village on the site of the
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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)
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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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