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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. II. 1917' [316] (325/542)
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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316
Miles from
Basra
29
32
36
42i
44
LAND ROUTES
the inside. The water is abundant: it is slightly
brackish, but becomes sweeter after the wells have been
in use for a short time. Pumps are essential, as other
wise the edges of the wells fall in if men stand round
them drawing water in buckets. Grazing for camels
only. Some brushwood for fuel.
General direction from here to Grainat, NW. by N. Eoad
in April 1916 was passable for Fiat lorries and A. T.
carts, but see introduction to this route, and under
m. 32 below.
Proceed NW. (311°).
Pass Et-Tobah. mounds ; from here bear slightly W. of N.
(355°) towards Nukheileh tower.
Hukheileh tower. No village. Well of good water and
some smaller water-holes. From here to Grainat the
going is difficult for wheeled transport.
Proceed NW. by N. (326°), along edge of the Euphrates
Idiur. to
Grainat, low brick-kilns. The water of the is
brackish inshore, but was found to be sweet about
300 yds. out on May 1, 1916. The distance from the
shore at which sweet water is to be found probably
varies. Bellams drawing 3 ft. were brought to within
100 yds. of the shore on May 1, 1916. Grazing, for
camels only, near camp. Some brushwood is obtainable,
but not much.
About 4 m. N. by W. of Grainat is El-Lawi (Alluwi) Point, 1 m. to
NE. of El-Lawi ruins. There is a good landing-place at the point,
but stores could be removed thence only along the shore in the
direction of Grainat, as in other directions for a radius of a mile
the ground is too damp for transport.
General direction from Grainat to Ratawi is W. by N.
The road was passable for Fiat lorries in April 1916,
but the stage was found an exhausting one for draught
animals. In mid-August Fiat lorries with 16 cwt. stores
and ten men stuck in soft patches near ' Roumanila'
(Rumeileh ?). See also introduction to this route.
Road runs due W. from Grainat.
Road enters soft drift sand-hills through which it runs to
Kumeileh, two wells. From here proceed NW., skirting
more sand-hills. Surface is now harder. The track of
the Turkish Army's retreat (1915) is followed.
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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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