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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. II. 1917' [230] (239/542)
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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230
LAND ROUTES
Miles from
Amara
86i
884
95i
98i
104|
1051
150 houses. Eesources estimated at 500 cattle, 5,000
sheep. Caravans apparently used to ferry here over the
river, which was found in February 1914 to be 100 yds.
wide 'and very deep'. Animals were swum across.
Proceed along S. bank over level ground by well -marked
track.
Kut el-Hawashim, scarcely perceptible ruins at point where
general direction of Karkeh bends from SW. to NW.
Here old bed of the Karkeh takes off southward. There
is no population here as a rule.
Kut Nahr Hashim is about 4 m. to NE. on 1. bank of the
Karkeh (see above under m. 71^ and below under
m. 95f). The river is reported to be fordable in places
hereabouts.
Follow either bank of the old bed of the Karkeh to
Seyyid Musa, ruined village on E. bank of old bed of
Karkeh. Follow well-marked track leading E. (alterna
tive route to Aminlyeh makes a detour to S. by Deh Liz
wells).
Cluster of rocks. Here track comes in from Kut Nahr
Hashim (about 9 m. to NW. of this point). Proceed
ESE. skirting the S. side of low hills known as Manyur.
To SE. lie Tel-i-Zibid and the sand-hills of Eam-i-Shu-
makhneh. Deh Liz wells on SE. side of these sand-hills.
Umm el-Hayyil wells: good water 20-30ft. below ground:
only small quantities available.
Aminiyeh on r. bank of Karun opposite Bandar Nazirl.
Ahwaz on 1. bank of Karun 1 m. above Nazirl.
ROUTE 8 b
DIZFUL—AMARA (100 M.)
Authorities ; —Force ' D ' Route Report, Serial no. 6 (Jan. 1916) ; Survey of Tigris
River 1915-1916, Map no. 47. See also 8 a.
This track is difficult but practicable for all arms in the dry
season, except between Dizful and Shush, where narrow culverts
preclude the use of wheeled transport. The track is in parts
difficult to find, and a guide should be taken. For alternative routes
see under m. 0 and m. 19.
Water is good and plentiful. Supplies are very scarce.
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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.
- Physical characteristics
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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