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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. II. 1917' [267] (276/542)
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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V
EOUTE 11a
267
Miles from
Dizfnl
83
103
Miles from
Dizful
123
106^?
131
143
Taiyil stream, reached by a steep descent. Either in the
neighbourhood of this stream or near the Shurab
the track crosses the main route. From the Taiyil
the course of the track is obscure. The authority says
merely that there is a steep descent to the Shurab (sweet
water), ' and thence over spurs to the Kuh-i-Bavi by Qalb
'AliKham'. See alternative route given underm.130 below.
Kurageh..
Kliurramabad.
from the Ab-i-Fani
Proceed over low gypsum hills to
"Valmian: deserted T.O. Water
indifferent.
From here to the Badamak valley the general direction is
NE. Proceed over gypsum hills to the foot of the
Tang-i-Pinawar (alt. 3,000 ft.), thence by difficult
ascent over limestone slopes to the summit (alt. 4,060 ft.)-
and from there by a short descent into the Badamak
valley.
Badamak (near a high conical hill in the centre of the
valley). Good water, fair grazing, abundant fuel.
The Badamak valley, which runs about SE.-NW., is
well wooded and undulating, with many hills of blue
shale conglomerate and sandstones. There are lime
stone ranges to N. and S. To N. is the Dalich range,
an almost continuous cliff, passable only in four or five
places. For the Kul-i-Hisar pass see branch route
given above under m. 80. N. of Badamak lies the very
difficult Kul-i-Sukhteh, avoided even by nomads; for
the main pass see below under m. 106|. The hills to
the S. are breached in this neighbourhood by the
Tang-i-Kashub. The valley is claimed by the Judeki,
but occupied in winter by the Dirakwand.
General direction to Ab-i-Sard, N.
Track winds up the valley.
Ascend to the Dalich pass (alt. 6,000 ft.). There are two
passes, Dalich Buzurg and Dalich Kuchuk (Great and
Little Dalich): the latter is 1^ m. W. of the Great
Dalich, which is the better, though both are difficult
and stony. The Great Dalich seems to be meant here.
The descent is somewhat easier, over limestone slopes,
leading into the Ab-i-Sard valley.
At the Dalich passes the route is joined by the alternative
tracks from the Tirada valley by Ser-i-Gul (see under
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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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