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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [353] (362/432)
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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ANAH—AQREH—BAGHDAD—DEIR EZ-ZOR 353
The Jewish quarter is on the 1. bank of the western Gali, the
Christian on the E. hank of the eastern.
Supplies and Commerce. —The town is supplied with water from
some large springs, and there are streams in the neighbourhood.
Some rice and tobacco are grown for local consumption.
Inhabitants. —The population is mainly Kurdish (another earlier
account says Jewish), with 50 houses of Chaldaean Catholics, 10 of
Jacobites, and about 20 of Jews. The Christian section of the popula
tion are blacksmiths, joiners, and artisans, and the Jews traders and
weavers.
Administration and Authorities. — The place is the seat of a Kaim-
makam under Mosul. In 1910 the Kaimmakam was Ali Niyazi Bey,
a native of Syria, and in May of that year an Anatolian battalion was
in garrison here.
The chief Kurd in the hilly districts to the E. in 1904 was
Hasan Agha, chief of the Zebari tribe.
BAGHDAD. (See vol. ii of this handbook,
_DEIR EZ-ZOR, on the r. bank of the Euphrates, 192 m. above
Anah, and 115| m. below Raqqah. Lat. 35° 20' N., long.
40° 11' E. Pop.: estimates vary from 12,000 to 22,000. P.O.,
T. (Baghdad—Aleppo line). Bridge, still incomplete at outbreak of
the present war, but now reported finished : see p. 128.
River Routes. —For communications by the Euphrates see Routes
IV G, H.
Land Routes—
(i) Baghdad—Aleppo caravan road. (See 46.)
(ii) To Mosul via 'Ain el-Ghazal. (See 49 a.)
(iii) To Mosul via Beled Sinjar. (See 49 b.)
(iv) To ITisibiu via the Khabur River.
(v) To Raqqah. and Meskeueh via 1. bank of Euphrates. (See
Boute 47.)
(vi) To Anah. via 1. bank of Euphrates. (See 47.)
(vii) To Damascus. (See Boute 54.)
(viii) To Horns via Tadmor. (See 58 a.)
General Description. —For the river and bridge see IV G,
mes. ill z
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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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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1:422, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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