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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. IV. 1917' [50v] (105/530)
The record is made up of 1 volume (263 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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96
LAND ROUTES
G-ellala. rrom the village join main road (see p. 94) and
ascend the valley. Cross some spurs, the road keeping
about m. from the river.
Pass Wapurdand, a small village up a ravine to r. (apparently
on the opposite side of the river).
Reach a projecting spur, which runs down to the river bank
and terminates in cliffs. It is difficult for animals to
climb its rocky sides, and when the water is low an
easier way can be found by following the stream-bed
and rounding the base of the cliffs.
Beyond the spur, at its foot, ford to opposite bank. The
river is here 15 yds. wide and not more than ft. of
water was found here (end of November). The bottom
is covered with boulders.
(At this ford the route would appear to cross to the
bank, the track from Gellala having hitherto been on the
right, so far as can be gathered from the description.
The Military Report, however, has ' ford to the right
bank '; compare m. 35^ below.)
Cross an open space and climb over a projecting spur similar
to the last. Beyond this second spur the cliffs recede,
leaving a flat space on either side of the river, where
there is a little cultivation.
Ascend from river-bed and cross a very stony spur. Halgor
is passed on a plateau, high up on the r. bank.
Valley opens out a little. Pass Derbend at the mouth of
a ravine on the r. bank.
The path now runs above the 1. bank. (From an account
based on a report of 1881 it would appear that another
track runs along the r. bank ; but the description is
obscure.)
Cross the Howanduz Chai (here called Binustan Su by
authority of 1902, and apparently the Chiwa Sheikh on
the Turco-Persian Boundary Commission Map of 1914).
In 1902 there was here a bridge 10 yds. long and 3 ft.
wide, made of branches laid crosswise on baulks and
covered with earth ; passable for horses in single file.
The banks are steep and the river is a mountain torrent in
a rocky bed. In November the bridge was 15 ft. above
the water level.
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This volume is A Handbook of Mesopotamia, Volume IV, Northern Mesopotamia and Central Kurdistan (Admiralty War Staff Intelligence Division, April, 1917), covering Mesopotamia north of the line joining Rowanduz, Mosul, Meskeneh [Maskanah], and Aleppo, up to Van, Bitlis, Diarbekr, and Mar‘ash. 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', and 'Abbreviations'. There is a page of contents which includes the following sections:
- Introduction;
- Itineraries;
- River Routes (The Tigris, The Euphrates);
- Land Routes (Central Kurdistan, Routes between Mosul and Diarbekr, Routes between the Plain of Diarbekr and the Moutains to North and West, Routes between the line Diarbekr-Mardīn and the Euphrates, Interior of Norther Jezīreh, West of the Jaghjagha Su, The Euphrates Valley and Country West thereof, Across the Taurus between the Euphrates and Mar‘ash, and Aleppo-Mar‘ash);
- Railways (Aleppo-Ras el-‘Ain-Tel Ermen);
- Gazetteer of Towns;
- Bibliographical Note;
- Transliteration of Names;
- Glossary;
- Index;
- Plates;
- 'Sketch Map of Routes'.
The volume contains 15 plates, which illustrate the content of the various chapters, and 1 map entitled 'Mesopotamia: Outline Map Showing Routes'.
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- 1 volume (263 folios)
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The volume is arranged by numbered routes. There are pages of contents, an index, and a list of plates. There is one map house in a pocket.
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Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover and terminates at the inside back cover; 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 each folio (except for the front cover, where the folio number is located on the verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. ).
Pagination: The volume also has an original printed pagination sequence.
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