"كتيّب بلاد الرافدين. المجلد II. ١٩١٧" [‎١‎٨‎٣] (٥٤٢/١٩٢)

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24
THE EUPHRATES—EOUTE
183
Trvian Maqdam (or Mijdam). No permanent habitation,
but occasionally a collection of tents of the Zoba tribe. Goods
from Hit are sometimes deposited here by boats for removal
to Baghdad by canal. The 1. bank is here shelving and very
sandy. There is a small wood, about m. long, of poplai
surrounded by a belt of tamarisks, said to be the property
of a Baghdadi. A track apparently runs from here to join
the Fellujeh—Baghdad road [Rou 22) near MTugtah., 10 m.
NNE.
At this point Ridhwamyeh Canal is close to the bank.
The Decauville railway from the Euphrates to Baghdad is
described as starting from Ridhwamyeh. See p. 870.
Mouth of the Ridhwanxyeh Canal, which runs ESE. roughly
parallel to the general direction of the river past Imam
Hamzeh ( T 14 m.) to a point ( T 16i m.) where it bifurcates, and
after a few miles both branches lose themselves in the desert.
For the first 17 m. of its course it apparently runs between
the dry beds of two ancient canals.
Mouth of the Nahr Abu Ghoreib. Close to its head it is
crossed by a strong brick bridge with a roadway IQi ft.
broad (Museyib—Fellujeh, Route 18): the bed-width of the
canal is here about 30 ft. and it runs in a cutting, 40 it.
deep, in a general SE. direction for 12 m., where it is
about T 14 m. N. of the Ridhwanlyeh Canal, then NE. for
9 m., then ESE. and ENE. for T 11 m., where it seems to
lose itself at a point T 4 m. WSW. of the Tigris opposite
Qarareh, in the neighbourhood of an eminence named Tel
Aswad. From the point ( T 12 m.) where it turns NE. it
follows for v 9 m. the course of the ancient Sarsar Canal.
Near this canal, about tl5 m. from Fellujeh, apparently on
the edge of the desert plateau to the N. of its course, is
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