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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [347] (356/432)
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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EOUTE 58 b
347
Miles from
Tadmor
32
471
50
55
59
62
66
71i
73i
814
82|
89|
End of the Jebel Abyadh. Track now very monotonous,
running across a plateau with light-coloured surface.
General direction W. by N. (276°).
White hill called El-Heimeh (' The Tent') on the r.
Tel called Ghur Bute Ala with tombs and ruins on the 1.
Ground now becomes more broken. Track crosses several
hills. On the r., about 3 m. distant, a low range of hills
running from E. to W r . On the 1. the more considerable
range of Jebel Tofhah running SW., till after a short
distance it sinks into the plain.
Small plain surrounded by hills. No water. Track now
crosses undulating country. General direction W. by N.
(280°).
Jubb Habil, well with a little water on the r. Track runs
through the middle of a broad valley with the Jebel
Shumriyeh ridge on the r.
General direction now SW. (230°).
Track emerges from the valley. Euins of a village,
Khirbet Euboulia, on the r. Pools may be found
here.
Two wells in the middle of ruins called Jubb Hamet en-
Hasif near the track.
Track crosses a valley running SSE.
Pass through a ruined village called Shumriyeh.
Track now enters a ravine, the Jebel Shumriyeh forming
the r. slope.
Shekiyeh. Small pool infested with leeches.
Boute 58 c here joins the present route.
Track now runs across a great plain, after which it crosses
a range of hills, then descending into a broad valley
with plenty of water.
Aifir, camping-ground in the valley, with
wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
and water.
Al t. 1,640 ft. The water tastes abominably, being
merely a pool which has formed under an overhanging
cliff, and swarms with life. The neighbouring country
rises in hilly undulations, with saddles and wadis. A
broad level terrace rises towards the steep foot of the
Jebel Sevan on the S. Track now rises out of the
valley on to a plateau from which the citadel of Homs
may be seen.
General direction W. by N. (280°).
Descend into a broad valley running N.
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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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- 'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917'
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