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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. II. 1917' [263] (272/542)
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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KOUTE 11a
263
Miles from
Dizful
23
24
30
36
37
41
42
44
Cross the Bala Rud just above the broken bridge of
Dukhtar Yarjist. Descent to river easy. Stream 100 yds.
wide in deep bed full of boulders, with banks generally
steep: ford able except after heavy rain. Ascend opposite
bank by steep path and cross a series of ridges and ravines.
Qal'ah Husemiyeh. (alt. 1,050 ft.);
caravanserai
A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers).
in ruins.
Water plentiful, grazing good, fuel scarce. No supplies
except such as can be obtained from nomads, if any are
in the neighbourhood.
General direction to Qal'ah Eiza, N_W.
Gross deep valley of the Tiktik Ab with difficult ascent
and descent. Then over Tushmal hills; cross a succession
of difficult ridges and ravines.
Koad improves and rises gradually, past Bidrubeh plain,
through intricate and rocky hills. The streams crossed
are dry, or almost dry, during summer.
The head of the Qal'ah Eiza valley is reached. Descend
by stony paths.
ilah Briza (alt. 1,550 ft.): ruined khan and T. O. In
the cold weather the valley is occupied by the Bahar-
wand tribe. There is a good camping-ground in the
valley of Kul Huni, m. S. of the khan, from which it
is hidden by low hills. Water from stream, grazing
good, fuel scarce: no supplies except from nomads.
General direction to Jauzar, NW. Cross the stony Kiza
plain, 4x 1^ m., cultivated in places: keep to S. side of
low liills._
Cross the Ab-i-Zal. The river flows in a ravine 60 ft.
deep : the drop of the banks to the stream is another
30 ft. The approaches on either side are stony and bad.
There is a brick bridge of 20 ft. span in need of repair,
the position of which is indicated by two stone and gyp
sum pillars on either side. The fords above and below
the bridge are difficult. The remains of several bridges
are to be seen in the neighbourhood.
Beyond the river, cross stony slopes.
Gypsum hills are reached.
Stony valley of the Ab-i-Tirada; the camping-ground on
E. bank is Qabr-i-Qasim, that on W. bank is Qafilaja.
(The old graded track crossed the Ab-i-Tirada, by a
wooden bridge, where it flows through a ravine only
10 ft. broad at top.)
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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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