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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [358] (367/432)
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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358
GAZETTEER OF TOWNS
is spanned by a solid brick and stone bridge, with roadway of 25 ft.
This bridge was constructed at the expense of the Persian Govern
ment to facilitate the weekly postal service between Turkey and
Persia. The river here is 60 yds. wide, and fordable. The town
lies mainly E. of it. There are some well-built houses in the main
streets. The place owes its importance to its position so near the
frontier, and on the Shiah pilgrim-route from Persia to Kerbela
and Nejef. The Baghdad Railway Company before the war had
taken up the scheme, for which a native company had previously
secured a concession, of building a branch line from Baghdad to
Khanikin. There are several khans.
Climate and Hygiene. — Khanikin is the quarantine station on
the Turkish side of the frontier. A report of 1894 states that there
is here, as at most of the frontier towns, a European health officer.
The altitude of the town is about 1,000 ft. above sea-level, and no
extreme of cold is ever felt.
Supplies and Commerce. —Water is abundant, and supplies are
said to be plentiful, but few details are given. The gardens are
famed throughout the Baghdad V for the excellence of their
fruits, which include dates, pomegranate, figs, and lemons. Barley
and wheat are the chief agricultural products.
Inhabitants. —The inhabitants are mainly Kurds and Lurs, with
some Turks, Arabs, Jews, and Persians.
Administration. —Khanikin is the head-quarters of a Kaimmakam
in the Baghdad Vilayet.
KIRKUK, on the main route Baghdad—Mosul, 187^ m. N. of
Baghdad. Pop. variously estimated at from 15,000 to 50,000.
Probably 20,000 is fairly near the number (4,000 houses). P.O., T.
Brick bridge of 15 arches across the Hasa Su from Kirkuk to Qarveit
Mahalleh.
Routes—
(i) Main Baghdad—Mosul road. (See 25 a, m 187^.)
(ii) To Suleimauiyeli. (See 37.)
(iii) To Koi Sanjaq. (See 25 a, m. 187^, and under
m. 198^-.)
(iv) To Taktak. (See Boute 40, under m. 32.)
General Description. —The town lies on the 1. bank of the Hasa Su,
with the suburb of Qarveit Mahalleh. opposite it at the W. end of
the bridge. In this suburb are the military barracks, military
hospital, post and telegraph office, a school, and the residences of
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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)
- 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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