!['Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [‎345] (354/432)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100023045519.0x000001/IOR_L_MIL_17_15_41_4_0354.jp2/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg "'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [‎345] (354/432)")
'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [345] (354/432)
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. .
Transcription
This transcription is created automatically. It may contain errors.
EOUTES 57, 58 a
345
the
till
the
The more usual track as far as Qaryatein seems to be that
described in Boute 54, under m. 118 (ii).
Miles from
Tadmor
Tadmor. Track crosses the ruin-field and goes over
hills that bound it on the W., descending slightly
the level desert is reached. General direction SW.
'Ain el-Wuul. There are reported to be leeches
water of this well.
Track now runs along the foot of the Jebel el-Wu'ul.
End of the Jebel el-Wu'ul. In the narrow valley between
this range and the next, called Jebel el-Bardi, there is a
very well preserved ancient dam, built of irregularly
hewn blocks and bound with mortar. It is 10-15 ft.
thick and in places 50-60 ft. high, stretching right
across the valley, which forms a water-basin, though
there was no water in it in October 1882.
Track now passes a low hill, broad on top, which forms
the N. end of a ridge which the route skirts for some
distance. Direction bends from SW. to about W., with
a gradual descent.
Track leads over a ridge.
Track leads over a second low ridge.
Qaryatein.
Track now apparently follows that of 54 (section ii,
m. 191^-203|), turning N. at Mahln.
Hawarin, large Moslem village with ruin-field to E. and
SE. Gardens and fields and plenty of excellent water.
About I tt m. N. is the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
el-Karm (' wine valley'),
and l-g m. farther Mezra'at el-Karm (' wine field') with
a spring of good water. 10-11 m. farther N. is 'Ain el-
Ghuntur, a village with a small spring of water which
remains good at all seasons.
Sadud, head-quarters of the Jacobite Church
Stream on the W. side of the town.
Track now runs over several ridges.
Cross a depression with a limestone quarry.
Spring beside the track.
Hasiyeli (Iki-Qapulu), Moslem village of fifty well-built
stone houses on the Homs—Damascus road. Kuins of a
large khan to r. Water from a large from the E.
which flows into two masonry-lined ponds 30 yds. square
close to the road.
Homs.
in Syria.
About this item
- Content
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.
- Physical characteristics
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.
- Written in
- English in Latin script View the complete information for this record
Use and share this item
- Share this item
'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [345] (354/432), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/MIL/17/15/41/4, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023493070.0x00009b> [accessed 19 June 2026]
https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023493070.0x00009b
Copy and paste the code below into your web page where you would like to embed the image.
<meta charset="utf-8"><a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023493070.0x00009b">'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [‎345] (354/432)</a> <a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023493070.0x00009b"> <img src="https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100023045519.0x000001/IOR_L_MIL_17_15_41_4_0354.jp2/full/!280,240/0/default.jpg" alt="" /> </a>
This record has a IIIF manifest available as follows. If you have a compatible viewer you can drag the icon to load it.https://www.qdl.qa/en/iiif/81055/vdc_100023045519.0x000001/manifestOpen in Universal viewerOpen in Mirador viewerMore options for embedding images
Copyright: How to use this content
- Reference
- IOR/L/MIL/17/15/41/4
- Title
- 'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1:422, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence