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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [346] (355/432)
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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346
LAND EOUTES
EOUTE 58 b
TADMOR—HOMS (102i m.)
Via Ala Haliyet
Authorities: —Vignes, Voyage a laMer Morie (De Luynes), 1864; Cernik (1873) in
PetermannsMitteihmgen, vol. x; Moritz in Akad.
schaften, 1889 ; Oppenheim, Vom MUtelmee journey in 1893.
This route was during last century a more regular caravan route
than that described in Boute 58 c, being somewhat protected by the
nature of the ground from attack by Bedouins.
Miles from
Tadmor
0 Tadmor. The track follows that to Qaryatem (see
Eoute 54, m. 118, ii).
Strike off to the r. from the Qaryatein track. Direction
NW. by N. (322°). Track now runs across a plain bounded
to N. by the Jebel Wassheh.
Cross a range of hills. The beaten track now runs 40° W.
of K towards the Jebel Abyadh. Present track runs
NW. by W. (298°).
Eeach the foot of the hills and enter a large ravine.
Reach a small plain, in the middle of which is Jisel,
a large well of foul water. Present track rejoins the
beaten route, which now runs NW. by W. (305°), with the
Jebel Abyadh on the r. and the slopes inclining towards
the great plain between Tadmor and Qaryatein on the 1.
Pass the remains of huge tombs attributed to the legendary
giants Beni Ghilal.
Reach the caves of Ala Haliyet in the side of the hill on
the r. These are chambers carefully hewn in the per
pendicular face of the hill, which is here of white
calcareous rock. Part of the chambers may have been
tombs, but some seem to have been used as dwellings,
as there are two huge cisterns excavated in the rock and
cemented on the inside.
The plain now narrows to a ravine through which the
track runs W. by N. (285°).
Begin to ascend by a zigzag path, occasionally difficult.
Reach the summit. The Jebel Wassheh is now SW. by W.
(236°).
Track now follows a valley with the Jebel Abyadh on the
r. and the slopes towards the great plain on the 1.
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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)
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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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