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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [398] (407/432)
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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398
APPENDIX
stream is dry after April. Saikavand is a hamlet at foot of cliff on
S. side of brook. Broad road hence ascends gradually to a high
ridge, whence a bad descent leads through a valley about ^ m. broad
where the ground is marshy and treacherous. From here path
ascends steeply to the Oil Company's works at Chlah. Surkh.
The Quretu River is crossed by a good ford apparently to E. of that
mentioned above. A track leads to it, and, after crossing the Qizil
stream 2 m. farther on, rejoins the other track 1 m. before Saikavand.
(iv) Chi ah Sukkh—Suleimaniyeh
Via Hurin and Banakhilan.
Well used by pack-caravans.
Hours from
CHiah
Surkh.
o
9
13
Chiah Surkh. Proceed N. over undulating plain W. of
Dar-i-Divan range to Hajilar Plain, wide and well
cultivated, occupied by Sheikhs Hamid Talibani and
Tahir. Good going for all pack-animals to—
Principal village of Hajilar. Prom here road almost to
Hurin flat and good going, except at slight rise over
Nao Machik, which presents no serious difficulties. The
'Abbasan ford at foot of these hills is quite easy.
Approach to Hurin, on spur of the Bamu, about 400 ft.
above the plain, is bad and stony. Water at
several places, and large quantities of barley, wheat, rice,
and maize are obtainable.
Hurin.
Alternative road from Chiah Surkh to Hurin, not so good as that
described above and 1 hr. longer, goes NE. to Dar-i-Divan range,
which it crosses by an easy pass, thence through eastern ridge of the
same system (no difficulties), to Tileku Plain, flat and stoneless. Ample
water here from spring and the stream, which disappears before the
passage between the Band-i-Htian and Shawaldir hills to E. Eoad
runs through this passage into Ser Qalau Plain, flat and stoneless.
Abbasan R. crossed between Bawisi (summer village) and Mamishan
(no village). Thence road leads along foot of Bamu hills, becoming
very stony in parts. Abundant water Hurin in 10 hrs.
Prom Hurin the road is stony and narrow, across spurs
of Khoshik, till a descent is made to Basak, whence there
is easy going to—
Banakhilan ford on the Sirwan (upper Diyaleh). Thence
two stages by Qara Dagh to Suleimaniyeh.
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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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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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