"كتيّب بلاد الرافدين. المجلد III. ١٩١٧" [‎٣‎٠‎١] (٤٣٢/٣١٠)

ROUTE 47
301
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all
Miles from
Anali
124
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lanii
n
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144
147i
149
153
155i
160
164
166
166
170
1641
166i
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172
176
176^
177
178
1824
Reach the 1. bank of the KhaMr close to its junction with
the Euphrates. Cross by a ferry to the r. bank. The ferry
boat in 1910 would not carry loaded animals.
Buseireh village on the r. bank, at the SW. corner of the
ruins of the ancient city of Circesium.
The track now is through thinly populated country, partly
irrigated by water-wheels. Between the road and the
river there lies generally a stretch of low ground, a former
bed of the river, which now flows more to the W.
Occasional mounds marking the sites of former villages.
Deir ez-Zor on the r. bank. For the bridge over the
Euphrates see p. 128.
Es-Senujeh village. Continuous cultivation ends. Track
now monotonous, through country inhabited only by
semi-nomads, chiefly Baggarah.
El-Maisheh, tent-village on an arm of the Euphrates (1880).
Some rice and durra cultivation.
Abu Sfir, tent-village 1 m. to 1.
Upper end of a western bend of the Euphrates.
Upper end of a western bend of the river.
Reach the foot of a ridge which the track crosses.
Summit.
Reach the foot of the ridge.
Umm Bejeibeh, ruins on a hill under the N. side of which
is an old channel of the river which has carried away
part of the hill. The modern El-Munqareh lies
under the slope. It was partly ruined in 1909, though
it had been built only ten years before.
El-Kubra, ziyaret ^ m. from the river. The banks are
sandy and fall steeply to the river, which is very broad
at this point.
Track now runs across the plain.
Reach the foot of the El-Hammar Hills (see IV H,
m. 46). Ascend.
Summit on which are the ruins of the ancient fortress of
Zalubiyeh. (see Route IV H, m. 46). Descend.
Reach the foot of the ridge on which Zalubiyeh stands.
Track lies under cliffs along river.
Ruins of the fortress of Halebiyeh opposite on r. bank of the
Euphrates. The valley narrows (see IV H, m. 47).
Cross the Wadi el-Melih, a broad stream.
Ascend a ridge.