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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. IV. 1917' [59r] (122/530)
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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Miles from
Oramar
19
21^
26i
28|
30
33i
ROUTES 63 a, 64
113
Bash Tazyin, 30 Nestorian houses on a cultivated plateau
^ m. to 1., across the stream. Easy ascent to
Rislii Hawushta pass (alt. 8,610 ft.), where are two small
ponds. From the pass one track goes NW. to Orisha
and Shawutha (see Boute 64, m. 271), and another goes
SW. towards Mergan. From the pass the track, although
steep in places, is fairly easy as it descends past stony
clay hills.
'Ali Khaneh, village of 20 Nestorian houses, on the edge
of the Gavvar plain. Two thriving villages, Qadiyan
and Ehaldara, of the Doshki Kurds, 2 m. to 1. (N.).
An easy track leads over the plain past cultivation and
marshes.
Ford the Nihail Chai, 40 yds. wide and 2-| ft. deep in
September, with a gravelly bottom.
Gagarran (alt. 6,080 ft.), Nestorian village, residence of the
Nestorian Bishop of Gavvar.
Dizeh. {See Route 61 a, m. 90.)
EOUTE 64
DIZEH—KOCHANNES (34i m.)
Via G agaeran and S hawutha
Authority: —Kecent information.
General direction, NW. This is a somewhat rough track, passable
for laden mules, but little used, since there is not much traffic
between Dizeh and Kochannes and since the Gavvar plain is closed
by snow quite late in the spring. Fuel, grass, and water are available,
but there is little cultivation along the route.
Miles from
Dizeh
o
H
12i
MES. IV
Dizeh. Follow Route 63 b (m. 33^-30) for 3^ m.
Gagarran. Track leads hence across the Gavvar plain.
Daraweh, on the edge of the plain. Ascent to
Hals, Nestorian village. Track now rises very steeply.
h
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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)
- Arrangement
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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