"كتيّب بلاد الرافدين. المجلد IV .١٩١٧" [ظ‎‎١‎٢‎٧] (٥٣٠/٢٥٩)

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LAND ROUTES
rest of the route is represented as identical with
that in Appendix 2 above.
Pass mound called Char Pera (Chilpara ?).
Tel Humelan. See main route, above, m. 82.
(4)
It was reported in 1916 that (in January of that year) the Turks
were using a line of march from Eas el-Ain Tel Ermen and
Amudeh (see Boutes 126, introduction, and 94, m. 17), and Nisibin
to Mosul. The route was apparently to be given up in July owing
to lack of water: see p. 226. The stages from Nisibin were:—
Dogara (9 hrs.); Kirikin (6 hrs.: 1^ hrs. for crossing two streams);
Demir Kapu (6 hrs. : see main route, above, m. 91^); Akhlat el-
Kachet (?hrs.); Awenat (5 hrs.: 1 day's halt: see App. 2 and 3,
above); Hakta (5 hrs.); Shanazeel (7 hrs.); Hamadan (4 hrs.):
Mosul (4 hrs.).
EOUTE 92 a
MOSUL—NISIBIN (156^ m.)
Via B eled S injak
Authorities : —E. Sachau (journey of 1880); Eoute 23
(report of 1908) ; San e and Herzfeld (journey of 1908) ; notes by a traveller
who went over this route (following (ii) between Mosul and Tel A'far) a few
years before the war (exact date uncertain); No. 191 (report
of 1914).
This route runs over plain or low undulations throughout its
course, except at the pass over the Jebel Sinjar. It appears to be
practicable for wheels from Mosul to the pass across the Sinjar,
though this does not seem to have been stated explicitly by any of
the authorities who have gone over the ground except as regards
the stage from Mosul to Tel Afar. The pass through the Jebel
Sinjar is low and fairly easy, but the road is stony and might need
improving for wheeled traffic. This is said to be the only pass
practicable for caravans across the Sinjar range, though there are
besides a number of difficult tracks over the hills. It seems that
the plain between the Sinjar hills and Nisibin, though easy going in
dry weather, would be very difficult for wheels after rain. For
further notes on the going see below under Eoutes (i) and (ii) to
Tel Afar, and under m. 39, m. 76, m. 99, m. 113.
The inhabitants are mainly Arabs in the plains and Yezidis in
and near the hills. There are Turkomans at Tel Afar.