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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. II. 1917' [257] (266/542)
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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ROUTES 10 a, b
257
Miles from i
Zorbati- j
mentioned here may be the Pa-i-Pul: see Northern
Route (A) given under m. 79 above, and
Persia, Corrections to no. 91, alternative (c).
There is a better ford than Pa-i-Pul 4 m. down, called
Aivan-i-Karkeh, 3 ft. 6 in. deep, and another 2 m.
lower.]
The river divides into three arms, separated by tamarisk-
covered islands ; the banks are low and pebbly, the bed
is gravel and stones. In September 1897 the right arm
was 50 yds. wide, and girth deep ; the centre arm was
50 yds. wide, and up to the point of a horse's shoulders,
with a swift and dangerous current; the left arm was
100 yds. wide, girth deep for a short distance, then
shallow. The course taken by the water has, however,
probably altered considerably since 1897. The crossing
is easy only in spring and autumn, and even then the
river would require bridging for artillery.
On the farther side of the Karkeh the road crosses
cultivated lands and many irrigation channels, the
crossings of which are deep and swampy.
Cross a deep-cut, difficult canal, 30 ft. broad and girth deep.
Kurdish camp of 500 tents was pitched here in 1897.
Cross the Bala Rud, dry in summer, and rarely unfordable.
Dizful bridge.
154i
1561
1624
EOUTE 10 b
Miles from
Bedrali
o
35?
BEDRAH—DEH LURAN
m
M.)
MES, II
Authority : — Boutes in Persia, iii, no. 103 (Report of 1909).
Eedrah. Road passable for wheels to
Changulak. Water plentiful from river; no supplies ;
fuel scarce. (Route passable for pack transport joins
from Deh Bala.) Ford Ab-i-Tima, going E. by S. to
m. 35i U p dry stony nullah ; thence SE. through level
valley to m. 37; thence S. to m. 381. Thence route
winds through gypsum hills to E. to m. 39. To this
point improvement would be needed for wheels: hence
R
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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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