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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. II. 1917' [310] (319/542)
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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310
LAND ROUTES
Miles from
Bumjird
33
45
50
531
64i
66i
70
711
' i 2
77
824
841
country, with villages in the valleys. A low pass is
crossed on this stage, perhaps 4 m. from Ashtaranan.
Nihavand (pop. 10,000-12,000), a decayed town in a
valley nearly surrounded by hills. Water and supplies
plentiful.
General direction to Karez, NW., over a hill into a valley
and past villages.
Through some low hills and then by a stone bridge over
the Maltiya river, which is often in flood and unfordable.
(There is a ford, 3 ft. deep when practicable, about ^ m.
E. of the bridge.) According to one authority the
distance from Burujird to this bridge is only 33 m.
Through a cultivated valley to
Karez, the westernmost of three villages of that name.
Cross a river by a ford 3^- ft. deep in February, with rapid
current. Beyond the river is Eeruzabad village. Here
one track leads up to a saddle in the hills, while another
(the main road, but the longer) branches to r. Beyond
the saddle cross a marsh, and then over an open plain
with villages, where the road is marshy in places.
Eecross the river forded at m. 53^. (The main road
referred to above crosses the river some miles higher up
by a bridge.) From here cross the plain, over several
small streams to
Kangavar (pop. about 5,000), where the main road from
Hamadan to Kirmanshah is struck. Camping-ground
on fields and pastures E. of Kangavar. The district'is
fertile. Water abundant. On a hill overlooking the
town is a ruined brick fortress.
General direction to Sahneh, WSW. Before the war the
road was rough and stony for most of the way and in
places was impassable for carriages. Several water
courses are crossed in the first few miles.
Cross Eabntar I. ana, small river, by brick bridge.
After this point cross a low ridge by gradual inclines and
then begin a long steep ascent (good enough for guns
before the war).
Top of pass (over 700 ft. above Kangavar). Steep descent
into valley: then by defile through low hills.
Reach plain of Sahneh. Cross several small streams.
Sahneh., small town in well-watered and cultivated valley,
at the foot of rocky and precipitous hills to N. Gardens
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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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