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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [351] (360/432)
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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ALTUN KOPEti—ANAH
351
On the E. side of the eastern branch is a suburb called Mahalleh
Sulani, consisting of about 70 houses of Arabs, Kurds, and others.
On the W. side of the western branch there is another suburb called
Mahalleh Tis'in, of about the same size, of mixed population. On
the r. bank of the river nearly due S. of the bridge and a little below
the junction of the two arms is a small mixed Turkish and Arab
hamlet called Kazabashi.
Supplies and Commerce. —There are about 50 shops. Trade is
mostly in wheat and barley, which are exported and floated down
the Tigris on rafts. There is a small export of wool and timber
brought by river from the hills. Drinking-water is obtained from
the river.
Inhabitants. —The inhabitants are mostly Turkomans, and there are
also some Arabs and Kurds. They are reported to be not very well
disposed to the Osmanlis. Turkish is the prevailing language.
ANAH, on the r. bank of the Euphrates, 119^ m. by river above
Hit, and 192 m. below Deir.
Pop.: estimated in 1909 at 15,000 (2,000 houses). P.O., T.,
(Baghdad—Aleppo line). Ferry to the village^ of Rawa on 1. bank ;
shokhtur ferry (for wheeled transport) below Anah at Jumeileh.
River Routes —For communications on the Euphrates see Itoutes
IV, F, G.
Land Routes—
(i) Baghdad—Aleppo caravan road passes through Anah.
(See Boute 46.)
(ii) Track along 1. bank of Euphrates up-stream to Haqqah.
(See Boute 47.)
(iii) Track across desert to Baghdad. (See 48.)
(iv) Track across desert to Mosul. (See 50 (iii).)
General Description. —For the river see IV F, m. 117^ seq.
Anah comes next in importance to Deir ez-Zor among the towns
between Aleppo and Baghdad. It lies among paltn trees, and is a long,
straggling town, consisting practically of a single street which extends
for some 4-5 m. along the Baghdad—Aleppo caravan route. The road
in the town crosses numerous water-channels by bridges that are
rough for traffic. The houses are interspersed among gardens and
date groves. The town has three mosques. On an eminence to N.
of the town, close to the Euphrates, is a ruined castellated building,
formerly a fort, built in the first half of the last century, to command
the river approaches. The island of Ardeshlr or Lubbad and other
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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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