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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [374] (383/432)
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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374
GAZETTEER OF TOWNS
on the site but a Christian monastery. In 836 the Caliph Hutasim,
anxious for political reasons to leave Baghdad, fixed on Samarra as
the site of his new capital; and within the following thirty-seven
years a great city rose, extending for 21 m. along the Tigris, with
palaces, mosques, and extensive quarters for the Caliph's Guard
(a large body of Turks and Berbers who had caused great discontent
among the people of Baghdad when the Caliph resided there).
About the year 872 the Caliph Muhtadi brought back the court to
Baghdad, and Samarra fell into decay, being kept alive only by its
connexion with the Shiah sect.
SULEIMAMTYEH, v 60 m. E. by N. of Kirkuk. 2,500 houses.
It is the largest Kurdish town in Southern Turkish Kurdistan.
T.O.
Routes. —
(i) To Salahiyeh. See Routes 34 a, b.
(ii) To Kirmanshah. See Route36.
(iii) To Senna. See Boutes 36 a, b.
(iv) To Kirkuk. See Boute 37.
(v) To Raniyeh.. See Boute 38.
(vi) To Koi Saujaq. See Route 39.
(vii) To Suj Eulaq. Difficult, and impassable for wheels. No
details available.
General Description. —Suleimaniyeh lies on the lower slope of the
hills between two spurs. Through the valley between the spurs
runs an abundant supply of excellent water. The town itself, seen
from without, is insignificant, possessing no large buildings or
anything conspicuous except a minaret recently erected. It has,
however, a fine open square in the middle of the town on to which
the Government buildings face, and a very fine vaulted bazaar.
The streets are narrow and dirty, and most of the houses are fiat-
roofed mud huts. A report of 1904 says that the barracks were
a rather ruinous line of buildings of burnt brick.
There are no walls or fortifications, the outskirts being composed
of small one-storeyed houses.
Supplies and Commerce. —There are fair supplies of cereals,
vegetable and dairy produce from the neighbouring Kurds, though
the capacities of the place as a base of supply are probably not what
they were 10 years ago, for reasons explained below. The hills to
the E. are well-wooded. The water-supply is very good and comes
from some large springs near the town.
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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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