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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [343] (352/432)
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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EOUTES 56, 57
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Cross the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Heibekeh, and reach three wells in the
plain. These wells were formerly covered up, hut one
was reported in 1875 to have been cleared by the Arabs
and to afford excellent water.
Seriyeli. For description see 55, m. 83.
'Aiu ez-Zarqa ('Blue Spring'), in a chalk and lime
stone depression. Water rather bad.
'Ain ez-Zareqa, well. Eather better water.
'Ain el-Ghazal (' Gazelle Spring').
Euins of a solitary building, perhaps a church or monastery.
Klmnasareh, ruins lying in a plain 6-9 m. broad bounded
by two parallel ranges of hills, the Jebel Shebet on the
E. running from SSE. to NNW., and the Jebel el-Hass,
which runs X. and S. on the W. The buildings gene
rally are of basalt from the Jebel el-Hass, but white
marble columns are to be seen.
The place must formerly have been very well supplied
with wells, but only two or three are now in use. The
water is good, without any brackish or bitter taste.
A track here branches off to the 1. crossing the Jebel el-Hass after
about 2 m., and about 7 m. farther on Er-Ramleli, a camping-
ground with wells. A salt-marsh is then passed, and the
camping-ground of Bl-Kliarayij reached about 20 m. from
Khunasareh. The general direction of this track then changes
from SW. to SSW. Various nomad encampments are then
passed, and Tel Halaweh reached about 32 m. from Khunasareh.
For some miles before Tel Halaweh is reached there is abundant
water along the track, which still continues SSW. through
country well supplied with water, passing El-Kawayis after
4 m. and striking Route 55 (m. 114) at about 42 m. from Khunasareh.
The track now runs NW. across the plain. The most
direct route after about 7 m. passes Jubb el-Weshshash,
a well on the S. slope of the Jebel el-Amlri and so on
to Bir el-Amiri, on the other side of that range. The
regular track, however, branches off, apparently before
Jubb el-Weshshash is reached, and leads round the Jebel
el-Amlri on its E. side.
Bir el-Amiri, well, on the N. side of the Jebel el-Amlri.
Euins on the slopes. This place stands about 400 ft.
higher than Aleppo.
The track now runs through the most easterly of the 5
valleys which run from S. to N. between the parallel
ridges of the Jebel el-Hass.
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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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