"كتيّب بلاد الرافدين. المجلد III. ١٩١٧" [‎٥‎٠] (٤٣٢/٥٩)

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EIVER ROUTES
Right Bank
now intervenes between these hills and the bank : it is called
Hawi Matarideh. Island.
A little above the island is Tel es-Suq: ruin mound.
In the river are rocks said to be uncovered in 1. w. season.
The Hawi Matarldeh ends. The hills close in on the
river, and the bank is lined by steep conglomerate cliffs
rising to 80 ft. for about 2 m.
The name of the hills here changes from Jebel Selweh to
Jebel Ajzau. See m. 33^.
A ford passable in 1. w. season was reported in 1910 at
a point described as being at ^ hour's walk above the Jebel
Selweh.
Qalat Abu Riyash, ruined building on rocky cliffs above
the river. In 1908 it had almost disappeared, the high ground
on which it stands having been eroded by the river and
fallen away. Above Qal'at Abu Eiyash the cliffs recede
somewhat from the r. bank.
A number of shingle banks lie above this point, and
extend up to the Hamrln Hills. Some of these banks form
small rapids, but it seems probable that even in 1. w. there
would be 3-|-6 ft. of water over most of them. They are
liable to be much altered by the annual floods. The channel
appears generally to follow the r. bank.
A sandy plain begins along the 1. bank. It is 6 m. long
and If m. broad, and bounded on the W. by low sand-hills
50 ft. high, which the Mosul road skirts.
A series of tamarisk-covered islands lying towards the
r. bank hereabouts extends up as far as the Fet-hah gorge
(see m. 63 below).
Khan el-Kliarnineh, a Turkish military post for 40-50
men, situated on the Mosul—Samarra road at some distance
inland among the ruins of a thirteenth-century building.
Beiji village (15 houses of Jebur) reported in 1910 on
the river bank.
Shereimiyeh. Turkish military post and khan. The
former, a whitish building, is visible from the river: the
khan cannot be seen from a raft. Good camping-ground
some hundred yards from the river. Between Shereimiyeh