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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [368] (377/432)
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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368
GAZETTEER OF TOWNS
Arab village, outside the enclosure and standing on high broken
ground, is a Circassian colony. To the east of the enclosure con
taining the Arab village is another ruin-field with a minaret rising
from its centre.
Supplies and Commerce. —There is a good deal of cultivation in
the neighbourhood. The settlement has a bazaar, and is much used
as a market by the surrounding Arabs.
Inhabitants. —Arabs and Circassians.
Administration. —Raqqah is the head-quarters of a Kaza in the
Vilayet of Aleppo and is the seat of a Kaimmakam.
History. —Eaqqah occupied the site of the ancient cities of Nice-
phorium and Calllnicum. The later town, Callinicum, was a strong
fortress and important market on the frontier of the Roman Empire.
It flourished under the early Caliphs (Harun er-Rashld had a palace
here), but by the fourteenth century it was a mere ruin-field, the
city having probably been destroyed by the Mongols. About 40 years
ago the site was nearly unoccupied, but the place has been growing
in size and importance during the last few years.
BOWANDUZ, about v 80 m. ENE. of Mosul, not far from the
Persian frontier. T.L. from Erbil. Pop. at least 5,000. Number
of houses probably about 1,000 (1910).
Routes—
(i) To Mosul
via Qandil ferry. (See Bou 45 a.)
(b) via Girdamamik. (See 45 b.)
(ii) To Erbil
(a) via Batas and Shakhlawa. (See 43 a.)
(&) via Baba Chichek Dagh and Bahirka. (See
43 b.)
(iii) To Raniyeh.
(a) via Balassan. (See 44 a.)
(&) via Khata. (See 44 b.)
(c) via the Nalkewan valley. (See 44 c.)
(iv) To Urmia
(a) via the Kelishin Pass and Ushnu. (See vol. iv,
Boute 61 c.)
(fc) via Neri. (See vol. iv, 61 a.)
(v) To Suj Eulaq. (See vol. iv, 61 d.)
(vi) To Koi Sanjaq. (See B 44 b.)
(vii) To Amadiyeh. (See vol. iv, 62 a.)
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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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