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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. II. 1917' [229] (238/542)
The record is made up of 1 volume (269 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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t in
*/-
ROUTE 8 a
229
Miles from
Amara
m
461
47i
534
56i
711
* *-
814
on the r. bank of the Shatt el-'Ama. The Shatt el-'Am a
was found to be dry in February 1914. See 10 c,
m. 62.
From Umm Chir there is a channel for difficult to
find, leading through the marshes to Biseitin.
Track skirts the edge of the marsh to S. To the N. are
sand-hills covered with camel-scrub.
Camping-ground on the N. side of the track.
Thalleh (village?) on the N. side of track.
Track now appears to turn in a general, SE. direction, still
skirting the edge of the marsh, and 3-4 m. from a line
of hills about 300 ft. high running SE. Firewood is to
be had on the hill-slopes.
About here the track appears to bend SSE. to some distance.
Camping-ground. Biseitin, a large straggling village about
2 m. to the SW. on the 1. (southern) bank of the Kar-
keh. River at the point where that stream changes its
general direction from NW. to SSW. to flow through
the marshes in several channels. The population of
Biseitin is reported as 6,000 Beni Taraf, with 200
mashhufs.
It was reported in 1911 that a strip of marsh f-1 m. broad
intervenes between the edge of the desert along which
the route runs and the r. (northern) bank of the Karkeh
Eiver: this marsh can be crossed at several points, one
of which is opposite Biseitin.
Track continues about SE., on the edge of the desert, at
some distance from the river, which is separated from it
by marshy ground and canals difficult for mules and
horses. The southern bank of the Karkeh is here much
cut up by canals.
Khafajiyeh on S. bank of Karkeh, a large village with
several mud huts and some hundreds of reed dwellings.
Eesources estimated at 1,000 buffaloes, 300 cattle, 500
sheep, 100 mashhufs. Here caravans in summer cross
the river (no details as to crossing), and proceed along the
S. bank, crossing numerous canals with minimum
summer depth of 4 ft. In winter and spring it is neces
sary to keep on the N. side of the river as far as Kut
Seyyid Ali, or possibly Kut Nahr Hashim (Illah). See
under m. 86^.
Kut Seyyid 5 Ali on N. side of Karkeh Eiver. Fop. 500,
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This volume is A Handbook of Mesopotamia, Volume II, Irak, The Lower Kārūn, and Luristan (Admiralty War Staff Intelligence Division, May, 1917), covering the regions of the Shatt el-‘Arab [Shaṭṭ al-‘Arab], Kārūn, Luristan, and the Tigris and Euphrates up to Baghdad and Fellūjeh [Fallūjah]. 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', 'Abbreviations'. There is a 'Contents' which include the following sections:
- Introduction;
- River Routes (Shatt el-‘Arab, The Kārūn, The Tigris, The Euphrates, The Shatt el-Hai);
- Land Routes (The Region of the Shatt el-‘Arab, The Tigris Valley, The Region of the Lower Kārūn River of Luristan, The Euphrates Valley, Connexions between the Tigris and Euphrates Valley, The Arabian Desert);
- Railways;
- Gazetteer of Towns;
- Bibliographical Note and List of Maps;
- Transliteration of Names;
- Glossary;
- Appendices (A: Notes on Weather on the Tigris, B: The Control of the Tigris Water, C: The Control of the Euphrates Water, D: Oil-Fields of the Mesopotamia and Persian Frontier, E: Note on Mules);
- Index;
- Plates;
- Maps.
The volume includes eight plates that illustrate the volume. There are also three maps:
- 'Baghdad';
- 'City Map of Baghdad';
- 'Mesopotamia: Outline Map Showing Routes'.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (269 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume is arranged accourding to numbered routes. There is a table of contents at the front of the volume and an alphabetical index at the back. There is also a list of plates and two maps are house in a pocket and one is a foldout.
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Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the first folio and terminates at the last folio; 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 the folio.
Pagination: The volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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- 'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. II. 1917'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1:374, 374a:374b, 375:530, back-i
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