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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. IV. 1917' [31r] (66/530)
The record is made up of 1 volume (263 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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THE TIGrEIS—EOUTE III a
57
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Inter
mediate
distance
Miles
41
4
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14
4
Eight Bank.
1. bank. The Ghirmathak or Butma Dagh continues W.
for about 1 m. and dies away.
Broad shingle ledge with 3 ft. of water.
Shingly island. The channel next the r. bank is the
deeper. At the top there is a sharp rush for 30 yds., and
below it is deep, 50 yds. wide, but with a tumbled mass
of conglomerate boulders on r.
Traverse a loop.
Sheikhuba, Kurdish village, 30 houses on a bluff. These
(Sliwani) Kurds are sedentary, and inhabit the villages to
the NE. Downstream are Huseineh Kurds.
Kefr Zeman, halting-place for rafts in a slow deep reach.
The stream is 150 yds. wide with shingle for nearly 1 m. on
the 1. covered in flood. Flood-marks indicate a rise of
10 ft. in flood.
Shingle island ; 1. channel better, 5 ft. of water.
Av-i-Tahid (?
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Suediyeh) joins Tigris. The land
to the W. is in winter and spring a grazing-ground for
nomad Kurds and Arabs. It lacks water in summer and
autumn.
Sharp turn S. with a ledge of rocks showing 4 ft. next
the 1. bank.
An easterly bend, the stream dividing into 3 channels
between shingle islands, the centre containing most water,
3-4 ft. deep. Settlements of Jebur Arabs begin. They
cultivate millet and live in booths of reeds or in tents.
They are peaceful and inoffensive and dread the Bedouin
of the desert. Fields of millet irrigated by
Small rapid with 3-3-|- ft. of water.
Sheikh Mohammed Ruba'ah, Arab village of 60 houses.
Cross a shingle ledge with 3 ft. of water just opposite the
village.
5 ft. of water in the channel on the r. The current
quickens here for 150 yds. Below this is a shingly island,
the 1. channel being the better and containing 2^-3 ft. of
water. It is possible to ford here at certain times.
Khamsiniyeh, Arab village with mudir.
Channel 300 yds. wide, opposite village. A ferry here of
a single boat to hold six laden mules. Open shelving
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This volume is A Handbook of Mesopotamia, Volume IV, Northern Mesopotamia and Central Kurdistan (Admiralty War Staff Intelligence Division, April, 1917), covering Mesopotamia north of the line joining Rowanduz, Mosul, Meskeneh [Maskanah], and Aleppo, up to Van, Bitlis, Diarbekr, and Mar‘ash. 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.
The volume includes a note on confidentiality, a title page, 'Note', and 'Abbreviations'. There is a page of contents which includes the following sections:
- Introduction;
- Itineraries;
- River Routes (The Tigris, The Euphrates);
- Land Routes (Central Kurdistan, Routes between Mosul and Diarbekr, Routes between the Plain of Diarbekr and the Moutains to North and West, Routes between the line Diarbekr-Mardīn and the Euphrates, Interior of Norther Jezīreh, West of the Jaghjagha Su, The Euphrates Valley and Country West thereof, Across the Taurus between the Euphrates and Mar‘ash, and Aleppo-Mar‘ash);
- Railways (Aleppo-Ras el-‘Ain-Tel Ermen);
- Gazetteer of Towns;
- Bibliographical Note;
- Transliteration of Names;
- Glossary;
- Index;
- Plates;
- 'Sketch Map of Routes'.
The volume contains 15 plates, which illustrate the content of the various chapters, and 1 map entitled 'Mesopotamia: Outline Map Showing Routes'.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (263 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume is arranged by numbered routes. There are pages of contents, an index, and a list of plates. There is one map house 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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