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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. IV. 1917' [54v] (113/530)
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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104
LAND KOUTES
Miles from
Rowan-
duz
80i
824
112|
Lower slopes of Shlrindari Dagh to r. also wooded, with
several small streams. Rice fields by the river.
Alura, 30 Kurdish huts, near a ruined church.
Pass grove of fine oaks. Some cultivation.
Grassy plain, 1 m. broad, bordering the Zab.
Some rocky wooded spurs from 1.
The range on the NE. is pierced by a huge rift called the
Tang-i-Belindeh, through which the Rudbar-i-Shin,
30 yds. broad, flows to join the Zab.
Ashkufa, 40 houses on the further side of the Zab (also
apparently called the Ashkufa Su) at its junction with
the Eudbar-i-Shln.
Here the present track joins R62 b.
For continuation, see Eoute 62 b, m. 28-0.
Amadiyeh.
EOUTE 62 b
AMADIYEH—OEAMAE (73| m.)
Via L atkeh and S urin
Authority:— Military Report on E.T.A., vol. iii, Routes 118 (report of 1888) and 124
(reports of 1889 and 1901), and recent information.
General direction, E. and NE. The route follows the Qara Su
valley by an easy track, through fairly cultivated country to the
Great Zab river, which it crosses by a ferry.
From this point the track becomes extremely bad as it goes up the
valley of the Rudbar-i-Shln past tremendous precipices. The moun
tainous area in the neighbourhood of that river is extraordinarily
rugged and difficult. The country is desolate and thinly populated.
Fuel is scarce ; little cultivation exists ; grazing is poor. There is
plenty of water.
Miles from
Ama-
diyeh
o
Amadiyeh. A steep descent leads to the Qara Su, which
is followed.
Kwaneh (alt. 2,775 ft.), Christian village of 50 houses, lying
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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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